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Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 developed and developing countries. The focus is on comparative advantage in labour-intensive manufactured goods. The results indicate that gender wage inequality is positively...

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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour

Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...

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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification

Suedekum, Jens - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...

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Border effects and border regions: Lessons from the German unification

Nitsch, Volker - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundesländer (federal states) and East Germany to explore the effect of national borders on trade. Although the data cover only a small fraction of intra-German trade flows, I find a home bias of about factor 2.2; West German shipments...

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Spatial Effects of European Integration : Do Border Regions Benefit Above Average?

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004

A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative...

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German FDI and Integration of Production in the EU

Keller, Dietmar; Jungnickel, Rolf - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

In this paper, we investigate internationalization strategies of German manufacturing firms in the European Union. We give reasons for the hypothesis that traditional market strategies had been replaced by border-crossing production networking based on the comparative advantage of host countries...

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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour

Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005801354

Gender Inequality and Trade

Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

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The impact of optimal tariffs and taxes on agglomeration

Ross, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

This paper extends an economic geography model by tariffs to analyze their impact on welfare and sustainability of … agglomerations. Policies with and without cooperation are compared, with the goal of maximizing aggregated welfare in the former and … regional welfare in the latter case. The main result is that under cooperation poorer regions are worse off in two respects. In …

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The Drive to Economic Integration in Africa

Shams, Rasul - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005

In Africa there has been an immense effort in the past, continuing into the present, to unite politically and to build numerous economic integration areas. In this paper we discuss the reasons for the existence of this phenomenon in Africa which we call the drive to political and economic...

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