Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259958 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2008:12
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
Using the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, as well as the economic freedom index from the Fraser institute, we examine if globalization and economic liberalizations are linked to increases in income inequality within countries. Studying changes between 1980 and 2000, we find a positive link between inequality and liberalization only for certain types of reforms: Trade liberalizations, deregulation of product and labor markets and economic globalization. The Scandinavian welfare states have increased economic freedom and globalization more than other countries, but they have also experienced high increases in income inequality.
Subjects: 
Economic freedom
Globalization
Income Inequality
Gini Coefficient
Welfare states
JEL: 
D63
O11
P51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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