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Globalization and inequality / Elhanan Helpman.

By: Helpman, Elhanan [author.].

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018Description: xi, 213 pages : illlustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674984608.Subject(s): Income distribution | Globalization -- Economic aspects | Technological innovations -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.

Contents:

Historical background -- I. The traditional approach: The rise of the college wage premium -- Early studies -- Trade versus technology -- Offshoring -- II. Broadening the canvas: Matching workers with jobs -- Regional disparity -- Firm characteristics -- Technology choice -- Residual inequality.

Summary: Helpman summarizes two decades of research about the connections among international trade, offshoring, immigration, and changes in net income. The overwhelming conclusion is that globalization has created a small rise in inequality. Other factors must be responsible for most of the rise; evidence suggests the chief culprit is technological change that heavily favors highly skilled workers.--

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Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
On Shelf	HC79.I5 H454 2018 (Browse shelf)	Available		AU00000000012943

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Helpman summarizes two decades of research about the connections among international trade, offshoring, immigration, and changes in net income. The overwhelming conclusion is that globalization has created a small rise in inequality. Other factors must be responsible for most of the rise; evidence suggests the chief culprit is technological change that heavily favors highly skilled workers.--

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Globalization and inequality / Elhanan Helpman.

By: Helpman, Elhanan [author.].