We empirically assess the influence of globalization on social institutions that govern female subjugation and gender … equality in developing countries. Observing the progress of globalization for almost one hundred developing countries at ten … year intervals starting in 1970, we find that economic and social globalization exert a decidedly positive influence on the …

This study empirically assesses the influence of globalization on the institutional root causes of gender equality as … measured by the new OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). We capture the multifaceted concept of globalization with … the KOF index and its three sub-indices which measure the economic, social and political dimensions of globalization …

This paper studies the effect of globalization on public expenditures allocated to different stages of education. First …, we derive theoretically that globalization’s influence on education expenditures depends on the type of government. For … globalization on public education spending cannot be unambiguously predicted. In the second part of the paper, we empirically …

So far no existing study has analyzed what determines people’s trust in the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO even …, personal income, ideological preferences, interest in politics, and exposure to media) as well as the extent of globalization … WTO. Moreover, respondents’ attitudes towards globalization have a bearing on trust in all three international …

employ the KOF index of globalization. The results show that globalization increased government sectors around the world …Two hypotheses relate to the globalization-welfare state nexus: The efficiency hypothesis predicts that globalization … contrast, predicts that globalization induces a higher demand for social insurance which results in an extended welfare state …

We analyze the interaction between globalization and labor market frictions in a dynamic general equilibrium North … relative-wage effects of globalization are shown to depend qualitatively on the degree of Northern labor market frictions. We … demonstrate that Northern countries with particular severe labor market frictions benefit from globalization in terms of …

This paper studies the relationship between globalization and the composition of public education expenditures. The … theoretical model is embedded in a median voter setting and is based on the assumption that globalization leads to lower tax … globalization induces a shift from primary to tertiary education expenditures, which is backed up by empirical evidence from dynamic …

the WTO, the World Bank, and the IMF as well as respondents in the highest income quartile. In addition, globalization has …This paper analyzes the effect of globalization on subjective well-being by using a dataset that combines micro- and … theoretical predictions - globalization has benefited especially high-skilled workers, right-wing voters, respondents that trust …