Working Paper
Trade Uncertainty and Income Inequality
Vespignani, Joaquin L.; Brueckner, Markus (2017-03-01)
This paper examines the relationship between trade uncertainty and income inequality. In countries where only a small share of the population is educated, an increase in trade uncertainty is associated with a significant increase in income inequality. As education of the population increases the relationship between trade uncertainty and income inequality becomes more muted. Trade uncertainty has no significant effect on income inequality in countries that are world leaders in education. Developing countries that want to reduce income inequality arising from trade uncertainty should therefore ...
Globalization Institute Working Papers , Paper 306

Working Paper
Non-Gravity Trade
Long, Ngo Van; Vespignani, Joaquin L.; Brueckner, Markus (2020-05-29)
This paper examines the relationship between countries’ bilateral trade with the United States that is not due to gravity (non-gravity trade) and the distribution of income within countries. In countries where only a small share of the population is educated, an increase in non-gravity trade is associated with a significant increase in income inequality. As education of the population increases, the correlation between non-gravity trade and income inequality becomes smaller. Non-gravity trade has no significant effect on income inequality in countries that are world leaders in education.
Globalization Institute Working Papers , Paper 388