Globalisation Labour Market and Inequality
Contents: Preface. 1. Globalization and inequality: an introduction. 2. Labour, globalization and inequality: are trade unions still redistributive. 3. Labour market reform, income inequality, and economic growth. 4. Globalization, inequality and the labour market. 5. Globalisation and wage inequality: a comparison of the manufacturing sector in Canada and the United States. 6. The relationship between income inequality and globalization. 7. Has globalisation increased inequality. 8. Lived effects of the contemporary economy: globalization, inequality and consumer society. 9. Globalization with labour market frictions and non-scale growth. 10. Globalization, poverty, inequality, and insecurity: some insights from the economics of happiness. 11. Wage inequality and globalisation: what can we learn from the past? 12. Globalization and international inequalities: gaps and poverty in the long run. 13. Globalisation and the labour relationship. Bibliography. Index.
Supporters of the anti-globalization movement argue that globalization has dramatically increased inequality between and within nations and in particular that it has marginalized the poor in developing countries and left behind the poorest countries. Meanwhile, more moderate mainstream politicians argue that the poor must invest in education to take advantage of globalization.
Such views are difficult to reconcile with a standard Heckscher-Ohlin trade model with two countries, two goods, and two factors skilled and unskilled labour, or alternatively capital and labor. Under a simple model, globalization should benefit the poor in poor countries and reduce inequality in poor countries, and within the developing world the poorest countries and least educated workers should have the greatest opportunity to benefit from globalization. (jacket)
Supporters of the anti-globalization movement argue that globalization has dramatically increased inequality between and within nations and in particular that it has marginalized the poor in developing countries and left behind the poorest countries. Meanwhile, more moderate mainstream politicians argue that the poor must invest in education to take advantage of globalization.
Such views are difficult to reconcile with a standard Heckscher-Ohlin trade model with two countries, two goods, and two factors skilled and unskilled labour, or alternatively capital and labor. Under a simple model, globalization should benefit the poor in poor countries and reduce inequality in poor countries, and within the developing world the poorest countries and least educated workers should have the greatest opportunity to benefit from globalization. (jacket)
