Browsing by Author "Munshi, Farzana"
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Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis
Munshi, Farzana (2006)This paper provides panel data evidence on trade liberalization and wage inequality in Bangladesh. Using several standard econometric models, wage equations for skilled and unskilled workers in the formal manufacturing ... -
Essays on Globalization and Occupational Wages
Munshi, Farzana (2008-02-21)This thesis evaluates empirically how globalization has affected occupational wages in both developing and developed countries. Three aspects of globalization – openness to trade, openness to capital and offshore-outsourcing ... -
Globalization and Inter-occupational Inequality in a Panel of Countries: 1983-2003
Munshi, Farzana (2008-04-23)How does globalization affect inter-occupational wage inequality within countries? This paper empirically examines this issue by focusing on two dimensions of globalization, openness to trade and openness to capital, using ... -
Offshoring and Occupational Wages: Some empirical evidence
Bigsten, Arne; Durevall, Dick; Munshi, Farzana (2008-08-05)Offshoring has changed the pattern of international competition; labor in specific occupations rather than whole firms and sectors are now facing competition. Accordingly, wages in offshorable occupations are affected in ... -
Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
Munshi, Farzana; Durevall, Dick (2006, Revi)The prediction of standard economic theory that trade liberalization reduces income inequality in developing countries has been challenged by several studies during recent decades. This paper explores this issue by ...