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Title

Understanding globalization, employment and poverty reduction / edited by Eddy Lee and Marco Vivarelli.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Lee, Eddy.
• Vivarelli, Marco, 1963-

Description

xvi, 389 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This book puts forward the following conclusions: contrary to the optimistic prediction of the Heckscher-Ohlin model, the employment impact of globalization depends crucially on the technological absorptive capacities and the institutional context of the different developing countries; globalization does not appear to be the main culprit responsible for the distributional deterioration that has occurred in most developing countries in recent decades. However, increasing trade makes it possible for the 'skill-biased technological change' to trickle down to the developing countries, which in turn may imply wider national wage differentials and result in increasing within country income inequality; and the relationship between globalization and poverty is country-specific; however, in the majority of developing countries, increasing trade has implied an increase in economic growth and an overall decrease in absolute poverty."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Income distribution > Developing countries
• Foreign trade and employment > Developing countries
• Investments, Foreign, and employment > Developing countries
• Labor market > Developing countries
• Globalization > Social aspects > Developing countries
• Globalization > Economic aspects > Developing countries
• Poverty > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Eddy Lee and Marco Vivarelli -- 2. External liberalization in Asia, post-socialist Europe and Brazil / Lance Taylor -- Comments / Raymond Torres -- 3. Globalization, skill-biased technological change and labour demand / Eli Berman and Stephen Machin -- Comments / Marco Vivarelli -- 4. The employment impact of globalization in developing countries / Sanjaya Lall -- Comments / Giorgio Barba Navaretti -- 5. Labour demand of developing countries in a decade of globalization : a statistical insight / Jean-Baptiste Gros -- Comments / Mariacristina Piva -- 6. Trade, foreign direct investment and employment : some empirical evidence / Vincenzo Spiezia -- Comments / Sanjaya Lall -- 7. Trade liberalization, foreign direct investment and income inequality / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- Comments / Sanjay G. Reddy -- 8. Globalization, skills and within-country income inequality in developing countries / Marco Vivarelli -- Comments / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- 9. Does globalization reduce poverty? : some empirical evidence for the developing countries / Enrico Santarelli and Paolo Figini -- Comments / Luigi Campiglio -- 10. Globalization, labour markets and social outcomes in developing countries / Sanjay G. Reddy -- 11. The social impact of globalization : the scope for national policies / Augustin Kwasi Fosu -- 12. International strategy for decent work / John Langmore -- 13. Conclusion / Eddy Lee and Marco Vivarelli.

ISBN

1403941491

LCCN

2004042842

OCLC

• ocm54529655
• SCSB-5159525

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries