Economic globalisation, inequality and the role of social protection:

This paper examines the link between economic globalisation, social protection expenditure, and within-country income inequality. We examine the relationship using income inequality data from both the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID). The re...

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Main Author: Bergh, Andreas (Author)
Other Authors: Kolev, Alexandre (Contributor), Tassot, Caroline (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2017
Series:OECD Development Centre Working Papers
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Summary:This paper examines the link between economic globalisation, social protection expenditure, and within-country income inequality. We examine the relationship using income inequality data from both the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID). The results based on the LIS data confirm previous findings that economic globalisation, especially economic flows, associates with higher income inequality, and that social protection expenditure are negatively associated with inequality
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (28 Seiten)
DOI:10.1787/c3255d32-en

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