Trade and Income Inequality in Developing Countries

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-302

  Meschi, Elena ^a,b,c   Vivarelli, Marco ^b,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^f IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

developing countries; globalization; LSDVC estimator; technology transfer; within country income distribution

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 58149251823     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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