Globalization and Inequality / / Elhanan Helpman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Helpman, Elhanan,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Historical Background --; Part I: The Traditional Approach --; 2. The Rise of the College Wage Premium --; 3. Early Studies --; 4. Trade versus Technology --; 5. Offshoring --; Part III. Broadening The Canvas --; 6. Matching Workers With Jobs --; 7. Regional Disparity --; 8. Firm Characteristics --; 9. Technology Choice --; 10. Residual Inequality --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674988958; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674988958
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elhanan Helpman.

Globalization is not the primary cause of rising inequality. That is the conclusion of this penetrating study by Elhanan Helpman, a leading expert on international trade. If we wish to curb inequality while protecting what is best about globalization, he shows, we must start with a clear view of how globalization does, and does not, shape our world.