Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? Did Inequality Stimulate Globalization Backlash? The case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-80

Joerg Baten ()

No CESifo Working Paper No. 683, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo Group Munich

Abstract: Inequality is an important threat to the globalization of the world economy that we experience today. This contribution uses a new measure of inequality: heigth inequality. It covers not only wage recipients, but also the self-employed, the unemployed, housewifes, children, and other groups who may not be participating in a market economy, for the 1950-80 period. It turns out that within-country inequality is higher in time periods of greater openness. We also find that inequality leads to a "globalization backlash". The closing of commodity and capital markets did always take place during -- or 5-10 years after -- inequality peaks.

Keywords: inequality; globalization; anthropometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I32 N33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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