Effect of Globalization on Income Inequality in ASEAN Countries
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This research aims to analyze the effect of globalization on income inequality in 9 ASEAN countries: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar between the years 2007 to 2019. This research also considers different types of globalization, namely, economic globalization, social globalization, and political globalization. The panel data Fixed Effect estimation used in the study finds that the overall, economic, trade, social, and information globalization reduce the income inequality within ASEAN countries. However, economic globalization and financial globalization can increase income inequality in low-income countries.
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ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทย ห้ามมิให้นำเนื้อหา ทัศนะ หรือข้อคิดเห็นใด ๆ ของผลงานไปทำซ้ำ ดัดแปลง หรือเผยแพร่ ไม่ว่าทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากมหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทยก่อน
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