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Therese Nilsson. Photo.

Therese Nilsson

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Therese Nilsson. Photo.

Can social spending cushion the inequality effect of globalization?

Author

  • Therese Nilsson
  • Andreas Bergh
  • Irina Mirkina

Summary, in English

This paper examines whether social spending cushions the effect of globalization on within‐country inequality. Using information on disposable and market income inequality and data on overall social spending, and health and education spending from the ILO and the World Bank/WHO, we analyze whether social spending moderates the association between economic globalization and inequality. The results confirm that economic globalization—especially economic flows—associates with higher income inequality, an effect driven by non‐OECD countries. Health spending is strongly associated with lower inequality, but we find no robust evidence that any kind of social spending negatively moderates the association between economic globalization and inequality.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2020-03

Language

English

Pages

104-142

Publication/Series

Economics & Politics

Volume

32

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Globalization Studies

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-0343