Can trade explain the rising trends in income inequality? Insights from 40 years of empirical studies

K Huang, W Yan, N Sim, Y Guo, F Xie - Economic Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
There have been concerns that international trade is responsible for rising inequality.
However, existing empirical studies provide no consensus on this matter. This article studies …

Does Internet development affect urban-rural income gap in China? An empirical investigation at provincial level

M Wang, Z Yin, S Pang, Z Li - Information Development, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to examine the impact of Internet development on the urban-rural income
gap in China. By using a provincial level panel dataset comprising 31 of China's provinces, it …

The precarity of self-employment among low-and moderate-income households

D Auguste, S Roll, M Despard - Social Forces, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many people in the United States have achieved economic stability through self-
employment and are often seen as embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and seizing …

Income inequality in the post-2000 era: Development, globalization, and the state

R Clark - International Sociology, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
During the late 20th century, income inequality rose in most countries around the world, and
by a substantial amount in some cases. By contrast, income disparities have stabilized …

An investigation of the nexus between globalisation dimensions and income inequality

Z Tamasauskiene, S Žičkienė - Entrepreneurial Business and Economics …, 2021 - ceeol.com
Objective: The objective of the article is to explore the nexus between changes of various
globalisation dimensions, defined by either policy (de jure) or outcomes (de facto), and the …

The impact of economic inequality on entrepreneurship: Does a society's stage of development make a difference?

D Auguste - Sociological Perspectives, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent studies linking inequality to the entrepreneurial process, some scholars claim that
inequality creates entrepreneurial incentives, thereby increasing entrepreneurship, while …

Examining the impact of personal freedom on income inequality: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Western European regions

B Ohene Kwatia, G Amewu, C Boachie - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Rising income inequality has recently garnered intensive attention owing to its significance
in theory and practice. This has rendered the mechanism through which inequality can be …

The International Diffusion of Fundamental Labour Standards: Contemporary Content, Scope, Supervision and Proliferation of Core Workers' Rights Under Public …

SJ Rombouts - Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
This article analyzes the scope and content of the International Labour Organization's
fundamental labour standards and tracks the way in which they are increasingly included …

Globalisation and public policy: bridging the disciplinary and epistemological boundaries

I Lodhi - Policy and Society, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Globalisation, the ever increasing economic and socio-political international interactions,
poses challenges to public policy theory and practice. This paper aims to (a) draw an outline …

Who Benefits from Migrant and Female Labor? Connecting Wages to Demographic Changes in French Workplaces1

M Soener, O Godechot, M Safi - Sociological Forum, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We ask how an increasing share of women or migrants in the workplace affects wages for
different groups depending on market‐based or relational outcomes. Using data on nearly …