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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Do liberalization and globalization increase income inequality?
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Journal of Political Economy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0176-2680. ; 26:4, s. 488-505
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract in UndeterminedUsing the Standardized World Income Inequality Database, we examine if the KOF Index of Globalization and the Economic Freedom Index of the Fraser institute are related to within-country income inequality using panel data covering around 80 countries 1970–2005. Freedom to trade internationally is robustly related to inequality, also when adding several control variables and controlling for potential endogeneity using GMM. Social globalization and deregulation is also linked to inequality. Reforms towards economic freedom seem to increase inequality mainly in rich countries, and social globalization is more important in less developed countries. Monetary reforms, legal reforms and political globalization do not increase inequality.
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Do the poor benefit from globalization regardless of institutional quality?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1466-4291 .- 1350-4851. ; 23:10, s. 702-712
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite significant progress towards the Millennium goals, more than one billion people live on less than 1.25 US dollars per day. Previous research suggests that globalization stimulates poverty reduction, but does not investigate what role institutions play in this relationship. Theoretically, globalization could act as either a complement or a substitute to institutional quality in reducing poverty. We find that the poverty-reducing effect of globalization is stronger when institutions are weak. In particular, increasing social globalization reduces poverty more when corruption is high and democratic accountability is low. Thus, globalization has the power to reduce poverty even in countries with low institutional quality.
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Globalization and institutional quality - A panel data analysis
- 2014
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Ingår i: Oxford Development Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1360-0818 .- 1469-9966. ; 42:3, s. 365-394
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract in UndeterminedUsing data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 to 2010 to analyse the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality, thereby testing Montesquieu's doux commerce thesis, that economic and social interaction lead to improved institutional quality. Results suggest that increasing economic flows and social globalization associate with improving institutions in rich countries, while correlations are negative in poor countries. Our findings also indicate that the negative relationship in poor countries relates to the abundance of natural resources, and should not be interpreted as a causal effect. In summary, results are consistent with the doux commerce thesis but also suggest that the previous findings of positive effects of trade on institutional quality are driven by the relationship in rich countries. We should not expect globalization alone to mitigate the adverse effects of the resource curse in developing countries
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Good for Living? On the Relationship between Globalization and Life expectancy
- 2010
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Ingår i: World Development. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-5991 .- 0305-750X. ; 38:9, s. 1191-1203
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper analyzes the relationship between three dimensions (economic, social, and political) of globalization and life expectancy using a panel of 92 countries covering the 1970–2005 period. Using different estimation techniques and sample groupings, we find that economic globalization has a robust positive effect on life expectancy, even when controlling for income, nutritional intake, literacy, number of physicians, and several other factors. The result also holds when the sample is restricted to low-income countries only. In contrast, political and social globalization have no such robust effects.
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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More Open – Better Governed? Evidence from High- and Low-income Countries
- 2013
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and high-income countries. Empirically, increasing economic flows and social globalization are followed by improving institutions in rich countries, while the effect is the opposite for low-income countries. Previous findings of positive effects of trade on institutional quality are likely driven by rich countries.
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- Bergh, Andreas, et al.
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Sick of Inequality? : An Introduction to the Relationship between Inequality and Health
- 2016
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is a clear trend in rich countries that despite rising incomes and living standards, the gap between rich and poor is widening. What does this mean for our health? Does increasing income inequality affect outcomes such as obesity, life expectancy and subjective well-being? Are rich and poor groups affected in the same ways? This book reviews the latest research on the relationship between inequality and health. It provides the reader with a pedagogical introduction to the tools and knowledge required to understand and assess the issue. Main conclusions from the literature are then summarized and discussed critically.
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- Nilsson, Therese, et al.
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Can social spending cushion the inequality effect of globalization?
- 2020
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Ingår i: Economics & Politics. - : Wiley. - 1468-0343 .- 0954-1985. ; 32:1, s. 104-142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines whether social spending cushions the effect of globalization on within‐country inequality. Using information on disposable and market income inequality and data on overall social spending, and health and education spending from the ILO and the World Bank/WHO, we analyze whether social spending moderates the association between economic globalization and inequality. The results confirm that economic globalization—especially economic flows—associates with higher income inequality, an effect driven by non‐OECD countries. Health spending is strongly associated with lower inequality, but we find no robust evidence that any kind of social spending negatively moderates the association between economic globalization and inequality.
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