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Economic globalization and income inequality: Cross-country empirical evidence

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  • Sovna Mohanty

    (Institute for Social and Economic Change)

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Widening income inequality has limited the growth potential of economies in the past few decades. This paper analyses the effect of economic globalization on income inequality in both cross-country and country-specific framework using panel data techniques and policy simulations. The sample comprises of developed, developing and least-developed countries in the post-liberalization period. The results show that on the whole, globalization has helped in reducing inequality in the advanced economies but has the opposite effect in low-income economies. Trade and FDI have offsetting experiences; trade worsens income distribution whereas FDI is beneficial in all the economies and helps to reduce income inequality. FDI is found to have a greater impact on reducing income inequality. The policy simulations prove that India can reduce its income inequality by adopting the strategies of high income and middle-income nations.

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  • Sovna Mohanty, "undated". "Economic globalization and income inequality: Cross-country empirical evidence," Working Papers 391, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
    • Handle: RePEc:sch:wpaper:391
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