The “Forgotten” Middle Class: An Analysis of the Effects of Globalisation
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Sturm, Jan-Egbert
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Pleninger, Regina
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de Haan, Jakob
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2021-01-20T15:05:51Z
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2019-12-06T12:25:58Z
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2019-12-06T12:38:37Z
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2021-01-20T15:05:51Z
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2019-12
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/383388
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10.3929/ethz-b-000383388
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This paper studies the effects of globalisation on the income share of the middle class. Our findings suggest that globalisation, proxied by the KOF Economic Globalisation Index, reduces the income share of the middle class. The income share of the poorest 20% also drops due to globalisation, while that of the richest 20% increases. When we distinguish between de facto and de jure globalisation, we find that only de facto measures have statistically significant effects on income shares and inequality measures. Our results are robust for alternative definitions of the middle-class income share and hold for trade and financial globalisation.
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
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middle class
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income inequality
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globalisation
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income shares
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dc.title
The “Forgotten” Middle Class: An Analysis of the Effects of Globalisation
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Working Paper
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In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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2019-12-06
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KOF Working Papers
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466
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28 p.
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JEL - JEL::D - Microeconomics::D3 - Distribution::D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
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JEL - JEL::F - International Economics::F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization::F63 - Economic Development
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JEL - JEL::I - Health, Education, and Welfare::I2 - Education and Research Institutions::I24 - Education and Inequality
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JEL - JEL::O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth::O1 - Economic Development::O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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Zurich
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published
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02120 - Dep. Management, Technologie und Ökon. / Dep. of Management, Technology, and Ec.::02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02120 - Dep. Management, Technologie und Ökon. / Dep. of Management, Technology, and Ec.::03716 - Sturm, Jan-Egbert / Sturm, Jan-Egbert
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ETH Zürich::00002 - ETH Zürich::00012 - Lehre und Forschung::00007 - Departemente::02120 - Dep. Management, Technologie und Ökon. / Dep. of Management, Technology, and Ec.::03716 - Sturm, Jan-Egbert / Sturm, Jan-Egbert
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KOF-Key-Ungleichheit
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2019-12-06T12:26:08Z
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