The Relationship between Globalization and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Panel Threshold Regression Model

全球化與貧富不均的關係-縱橫門檻迴歸模型之實證研究

蘇奕璿(Su Yi Hsuan)

指導教授 ： 祁玉蘭

國立清華大學/科技管理學院/經濟學系/碩士(2008年)

摘要

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between globalization and income inequality over time. We employ three globalization indices, including GlobalIndex, KOF-Index, and a composite globalization index generated from factor analysis to implement the empirical tests in the use of the panel threshold regression model. Our empirical results show the tests for single threshold model in the cases of taking GlobalIndex and KOF-Index as the threshold variable are both highly significant. It implies the effect of globalization on income inequality differs depending on the degree of globalization in a country. In the initial stage of globalization, globalization raises the income inequality in a country. When the degree of globalization is over a critical value, the rate of rising income inequality may have the tendency to slow down.

關鍵字

全球化 ； 貧富不均 ； 門檻迴歸

並列摘要

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並列關鍵字

Globalization ； Income inequality ； Threshold regression

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