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Composite indices based on partial least squares
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan; Dreher, Axel; Krivobokova, … - 2015
In this paper, we compare Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods to generate weights for composite indices. In this context we also consider various treatments of non-metric variables when constructing such composite indices. Using simulation studies we find...
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274933
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311692
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The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures: Evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2006
According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure … globalization (compensation hypothesis). Employing two different datasets and various measures of globalization, we analyze whether … globalization has indeed influenced the composition of government expenditures. For a sample of 108 countries, we examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285894
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The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures : evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 2006
According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure … globalization ("compensation hypothesis"). Employing two different datasets and various measures of globalization, we analyze … whether globalization has indeed influenced the composition of government expenditures. For a sample of 108 countries, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348652
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Has globalisation increased inequality?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2006
There has been no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realities remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348663
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A contribution to the empirics of development and globalization
Lohmann, Steffen - 2015
of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and … the channels through which less researched facets of globalization affect human lives. Specifically, the first essay … scrutinizes the role of informational globalization, characterized by the exchange of information. It focuses on the s... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309263
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Partial least squares and principal component analysis with non-metric variables for composite indices
Yoon, Jisu - 2015
Ein zusammengesetzter Index ist eine aggregierte Variable, die aus individuellen Indikatoren und Gewichten besteht, wobei die Gewichte die relative Wichtigkeit jedes Indikators darstellen. Zusammengesetzte Indizes werden oft benutzt um latente Phänomene zu schreiben oder komplexe Informationen...
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Has globalisation really had no effect on unions?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2005
For a number of OECD countries, the deterioration of labour market outcomes for less-skilled workers since the early 1980's has coincided with a steady decline in union membership. Globalisation is commonly believed to have contributed to both developments. However, recent studies fail to find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289315
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The influence of globalization on taxes and social policy : an empirical analysis for OECD countries
Dreher, Axel (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001913493