Year: 2010
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Chapter 3 estimates models for GDP growth rates, poverty levels, and inequality measures for the period 1990–2000 using data on 54 developing countries at five‐yearly intervals. Issues of globalization were investigated by analysing the differential effects of the countries' exports and imports and by postulating translogarithmic models that allow for non‐linear effects of literacy levels and measures of openness. The main findings were that literacy rates affected growth rates in a quadratic manner and countries with higher literacy were more likely to benefit from globalization. Second, the model for growth rates showed non‐linear and differential effects of the export: GDP and import: GDP ratios. Third, the models indicated that population health‐indicators such as life‐expectancy were important predictors of GDP growth rates. Fourth, models for poverty measures showed that poverty was not directly affected by globalization indicators. Finally, the model for Gini coefficients indicated significant effects of ‘medium‐’ and ‘high‐’ skilled labour workforce, with higher proportions of high‐skilled labour implying greater inequality.
Source: Oxford University Press eBooks
Author: Alok Bhargava
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1595192554