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Trade, Poverty and Employment: The Social Consequences of Integration with China
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
agreement with China on sectoral and aggregate employment rates. According to this, trade with the PRC did not have a …This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty …, income distribution, welfare and employment. The case of Argentina, in particular, is investigated. To this end, partial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062638
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Tango with the Dragon: Employment Effects of Trade Integration with China. The Case of Argentina
Castro, Lucio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina … labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects of trade with China on the employment rate. According to this …, trade with China did not have a significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408025
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Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: Incidence and Characteristics
Waite, Matthew; Will, Lou - EconWPA - 2001
This paper presents an analysis of self-employed contracting in Australia. The analysis covers all self-employed contractors, including dependent and independent contractors. The paper finds that self- employed contractors have become more common in Australia over the past 20 years. In August...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556780
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Knowledge Sources of Innovation in a Small, Open Economy: The Case of Singapore
Wong, Poh Kam; Ho, Yuen Ping - EconWPA - 2005
knowledge for innovation output in Singapore, a small, highly open economy that has traditionally been significantly dependent … Singaporean firms depends disproportionately on technological knowledge produced by MNCs with operational presence in Singapore … universities constitute an insignificant, albeit rapidly growing, source for innovation in Singapore. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124862
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Labor Productivity and Inter-Sectoral Reallocation of Labor in Singapore (1965-2002)
Akkemik, K. Ali - EconWPA - 2005
decomposition of aggregate productivity growth in Singapore over the period 1965-2002. The static shift-share analysis is utilized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062744
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On Singaporean Dollar-U.S. Dollar and Purchasing Power Parity
Liew, Venus Khim-Sen; Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi; Lim, … - EconWPA - 2003
This study re-examines the validity of relationship between Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and the relative … Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR)- type non-linear mean-reverting adjustment process of the nominal Singapore dollar … Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and consumer price index ratio, this study shows that the relationship is in fact non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408165
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On Singaporean Dollar and Purchasing Power Parity
Liew, Venus Khim-Sen; Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi; Lim, … - EconWPA - 2004
This study re-examines the validity of relationship between Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and the relative … Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR)- type non-linear mean-reverting adjustment process of the nominal Singapore dollar … Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and consumer price index ratio, this study shows that the relationship is in fact non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119476
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Qualitative Efficiency Assessment of Markets: An Institutional Approach to Training
Schonewille, Mark - EconWPA - 2004
We investigate the effect of institutions on efficiency of training markets. After setting up a theoretical institutional framework that shows how institutions affect efficiency, we apply this framework to the real world. An empirical analysis of institutions affecting training markets will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561540
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Why Are There Explicit Contracts of Employment?
James, Harvey; Johnson, Derek - EconWPA - 2002
In this paper we explain the prevalence of explicit contracts of employment, particularly those that embody high … agency characterized in and supported by the common law. The implication is that implicit employment contracts supported by … the common law are incapable of effectively governing employment relationship characterized by these two problems. Thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076642
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Is corporatism feasible?
Acocella, Nicola; Bartolomeo, Giovanni Di - EconWPA - 2003
In this paper we consider a standard policy game between the Government and a union. In such a framework, we first investigate the effects of corporatism on macroeconomic performance vis-à-vis different kinds of non-co-operative equilibria. Afterwards, we introduce in the literature the issue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076716