Jobs and incomes in a globalizing world

Abstract

l Chapter 1: Introduction l Chapter 2: Globalization: Characteristics, Issues and Concerns What is globalization? Globalization: An empirical sketch Globalization: Then and now Globalization: Issues and concerns l Chapter 3: Trade and Global Income Inequality Introduction Global income inequality The preliminaries Inter-country inequality International inequality Trade liberalization and global income inequality Conclusions l Chapter 4: Trade, Jobs and Wages Introduction What does economic theory tell us? The basic analytical framework A necessary dose of realism The empirical evidence Trade and the pattern of specialization Employment and wages in industrialized countries Employment and wages in developing countries A summing up l Chapter 5: Trade and International Migration Introduction Trade and international migration: Insights from economic theory International migration in the 1990s: The evidence The trends The phenomenon of brain drain International migration, then and now Conclusions l Chapter 6: Trade and Labour Standards Introduction Trade and labour standards: Theory and evidence Some preliminaries An analytical perspective Unfair trade and social dumping Race to the bottom Improving labour standards in a developing economy Concluding remarks l Chapter 7: Conclusions References

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