Openness, Inequality and Poverty: Endowments Matter

Using tariffs as a measure of openness, this paper finds consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization, measured by changes in tariff revenues, is associated with increases in inequality in...

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Main Authors: Gourdon, Julien, Maystre, Nicolas, de Melo, Jaime
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5795

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