Recent findings on trade and inequality

dc.creator	Harrison, Ann
dc.creator	McLaren, John
dc.creator	McMillan, Margaret S.
dc.date	2010
dc.date	2024-10-01T14:04:18Z
dc.date	2024-10-01T14:04:18Z
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-27T15:18:05Z
dc.description	The 1990's dealt a blow to traditional Heckscher-Ohlin analysis of the relationship between trade and income inequality, as it became clear that rising inequality in low- income countries and other features of the data were inconsistent with that model. As a result, economists moved away from trade as a plausible explanation for rising income inequality. In recent years, however, a number of new mechanisms have been explored through which trade can affect (and usually increase) income inequality. These include within-industry effects due to heterogeneous firms; effects of offshoring of tasks; effects on incomplete contracting; and effects of labor-market frictions. A number of these mechanisms have received substantial empirical support.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154845
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100454
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rights	Open Access
dc.source	Harrison, Ann; McLaren, John; McMillan, Margaret S. 2010. Recent findings on trade and inequality. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1047. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154845
dc.subject	agriculture
dc.title	Recent findings on trade and inequality
dc.type	Working Paper

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