TY - JOUR
T1 - Unravelling The Global City Debate on Social Inequality: A Firm Level Analysis of Wage Inequality in Amsterdam and Rotterdam
AU - van der Waal, Jeroen
AU - Burgers, Jack
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this article, an assessment is made of the consequences of globalisation for urban
wage inequality. Using data on employers in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and
Rotterdam, it is shown that simply equating global city formation with globalisation,
when it comes to urban wage inequality¿which is the common research practice
in urban studies¿leads to a blind spot for the impact of international competition,
falsely equates economic restructuring with globalisation and strongly overrates the
impact of globalisation on the urban wage structure. Global city formation does not
lead to polarising tendencies, while exposure to international competition leads to
upgrading tendencies.
AB - In this article, an assessment is made of the consequences of globalisation for urban
wage inequality. Using data on employers in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and
Rotterdam, it is shown that simply equating global city formation with globalisation,
when it comes to urban wage inequality¿which is the common research practice
in urban studies¿leads to a blind spot for the impact of international competition,
falsely equates economic restructuring with globalisation and strongly overrates the
impact of globalisation on the urban wage structure. Global city formation does not
lead to polarising tendencies, while exposure to international competition leads to
upgrading tendencies.
UR - http://usj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/46/13/2715.pdf
U2 - 10.1177/0042098009344944
DO - 10.1177/0042098009344944
M3 - Article
SN - 0042-0980
VL - 46
SP - 2715
EP - 2729
JO - Urban Studies (print)
JF - Urban Studies (print)
IS - 13
ER -
