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Trade openness and income inequality: New empirical evidence.

We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the period 1970–2014. We employ predicted openness as instrument to deal with the endogeneity of trade openness. The effect of trade openness on income inequality differs across countr...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 202 - 224
Main Authors: Dorn, Florian, Fuest, Clemens, Potrafke, Niklas
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2022
Subjects:
China
Income inequality
Emerging markets
Transition economies
Openness to experience
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