Consequences of Globalisation Reconsidered: Applying The KOF Index

Axel Dreher, Noel Gaston () and Pim Martens ()
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Noel Gaston: GDC, Bond University
Pim Martens: ICIS, Maastricht University

Chapter 4 in Measuring Globalisation, 2008, pp 75-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Arguably, the first step in quantifying the consequences of globalisation is the ability to measure globalisation itself. With the introduction of the KOF Index of Globalisation in 2002, a number of studies empirically addressed the question of whether and to what extent globalisation affects social and economic phenomena. 28 Among the first to use the KOF Index for empirical analysis was Ekman (2003) who investigated whether globalisation affects the health of a country’s population. He finds a positive, non-linear correlation between the KOF Index and population health as measured by life expectancy at birth. In later studies, Sameti (2004) finds that globalisation increases the size of governments, while Tsai (2007) shows that globalisation increases human welfare, measured by the Human Development Index.

Keywords: Economic Integration; Union Membership; Expenditure Share; Earning Inequality; Political Integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74069-0_4

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