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Policy review: Is inequality a policy choice?

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  • Dawood MAMOON

    (World Economic Survey Expert Group, Pakistan.)

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The paper is a short literature review that suggests that trade policy as opposed to general measures of openness does correlate with inequality. The review suggests that developing countries are not ready to fully integrate with global trade because significant segments of populations are unskilled whereas global trade patterns benefit only skilled or semi-skilled.

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  • Dawood MAMOON, 2018. "Policy review: Is inequality a policy choice?," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 81-83, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ1:v:5:y:2018:i:1:p:81-83
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    Keywords

    Inequality; Integration; Trade Policy.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F19 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Other

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