Trade, Institution Quality and Income Inequality

被引：54

作者：

Lin, Faqin ^{[1
]}

Fu, Dahai ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2016年 / 77卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金; 北京市自然科学基金;

关键词：

trade; income inequality; Baltic Dry Index; commodity price index; institution quality; WAGE INEQUALITY; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; OPENNESS; LIBERALIZATION; POVERTY; WORLD; LABOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.017

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

We examine the effect of trade on income inequality in small developing countries. We use two well-accepted trade cost variables for identification: one is based on Baltic Dry Index and another is commodities' price index. Our main finding is that trade leads to a significant reduction (increase) in income inequality in autocracies (democracies). To explain such different effects, we provide supporting evidence that autocracies export more primary commodities and may follow the Stolper-Samuelson theorem in HO framework, while democracies active in manufacturing outsourcing may follow Feenstra and Hanson (1996) task model. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：129 / 142

页数：14

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