出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：e contemporary era is one of both accelerated economic globalization and rising inequality. Th ere is an increasing awareness among both academic scholars and develop-ment professionals that globalization puts certain populations at risk. However, there has been inadequate t heoret ical analysis and a lack of up to date empirical studies that explain just how contemporary globalization a. ects inequality and the well being of indi-viduals. Th is study explores the conditions under which TNC penetration and other globalization processes in. uence change in domestic income distribution. Its aim is to investigate whether theoretical models that have proven succe ssful in e xplaining di. er-ences in income inequality cross-sectionally also allow for an understanding of the dynam-ics of income distribution during the 1980s and early 1990s, an era characterized by a dra-matic acceleration of globalization. We pres-ent an analysis of change in national income distribution using linear regression models with a panel design. Th is study suggests that dependence on foreign investment as a development strategy, especially compared to domestic and human capital investment, may be misguided for nations concerned with equality. Net of other factors, foreign invest-ment dependence benefi ts t he elite segments of t he income-earning population over the poorer eighty perc ent. Our analysis provides evidence of a shift in capital/labor relations brought about by globalization that has sig-nifi cantly contributed to the rise in income inequality seen throughout the world
