Has globalization increased inequality?

Review of International Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 516-536

  Dreher, Axel ^a,b   Gaston, Noel ^c  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OECD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WAGE GAP;

EID: 47949094627     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2008.00743.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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