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firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to … raises China's aggregate total factor productivity by 5%, of which spillovers from multinationals account for 19%. …
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In this paper we focus on the rapidly deepening bilateral India-China economic relationship. Each is deeply integrating … into the global economy through trade and FDI inflows, China is seen as primarily manufacturing-lead growth with India as … China, and the two have to be considered a joint global presence. India and China are thus viewed in the literature in …
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China has defied the declining trend in domestic content in exports in many countries. We study China's rising domestic … aggregation bias. We find that the substitution of domestic for imported materials by individual processing exporters caused China …
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We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil … rates suggest that China will become the dominant trade partner for Brazil surprisingly soon. -- economic relationship …
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China's increased trade with and investment in Africa have boosted the continent's economic growth but have also … generated considerable controversy. In this paper we investigate China's outward direct investment ODI in Africa using macro and … micro data. The aggregate data on China's ODI in African countries reveal that China's share of the stock of foreign …
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economies (Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa, ASEAN, Mexico) who (with the exception of Mexico) are also outside of the …
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Using a cross section of matched data from the employee and management questionnaires of the European Company Survey, this paper investigates the determinants of worker commitment and the potential contribution of commitment to establishment performance. An index of worker commitment is...
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Using subjective information provided by manager respondents on the stance taken by the works council in company decision making, this paper investigates the association between a measure of works council dissonance or disaffection and plant closings in Germany, 2006-2015. The potential effects...
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This paper brings together two factors deemed important correlates of firm performance: advanced management practices and works councils. The country sample comprises nations where workplace representation is via a works council. The Management Questionnaire of the 2013 European Company Survey...
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