Economic Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Income Inequality in the Developed Countries: A Cross-National Study

@article{citeulike:2799328, abstract = {This article assesses the impact of economic globalization and domestic political factors on income inequality and state redistribution in the developed countries over the past two decades, using household-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study that are more detailed, accurate, and cross-nationally comparable than those used in previous empirical work. It examines three major modes of international integration--trade, direct foreign investment, and international financial flows--as well as four domestic political variables--the partisan balance of national cabinets, electoral turnout, union density, and the centralization of wage-setting institutions. The study finds only scattered relationships between global integration and income distribution or redistribution but reasonably strong positive relationships between several domestic political variables and an egalitarian distribution of income and/or extensive state redistribution. These findings are consistent with a growing number of studies that emphasize the resilience of domestic political factors in the face of economic globalization. 10.1177/0010414004268849}, author = {Mahler, Vincent A. }, citeulike-article-id = {2799328}, doi = {10.1177/0010414004268849}, journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, keywords = {dipl1}, month = {November}, number = {9}, pages = {1025--1053}, posted-at = {2008-05-14 16:46:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Economic Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Income Inequality in the Developed Countries: A Cross-National Study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414004268849}, volume = {37}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2799328 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2799328 TI - Economic Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Income Inequality in the Developed Countries: A Cross-National Study JF - Comparative Political Studies VL - 37 IS - 9 SP - 1025 EP - 1053 N2 - This article assesses the impact of economic globalization and domestic political factors on income inequality and state redistribution in the developed countries over the past two decades, using household-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study that are more detailed, accurate, and cross-nationally comparable than those used in previous empirical work. It examines three major modes of international integration--trade, direct foreign investment, and international financial flows--as well as four domestic political variables--the partisan balance of national cabinets, electoral turnout, union density, and the centralization of wage-setting institutions. The study finds only scattered relationships between global integration and income distribution or redistribution but reasonably strong positive relationships between several domestic political variables and an egalitarian distribution of income and/or extensive state redistribution. These findings are consistent with a growing number of studies that emphasize the resilience of domestic political factors in the face of economic globalization. 10.1177/0010414004268849 KW - dipl1 AU - Mahler, Vincent PY - 2004/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414004268849 ER -