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EU Integration and its Implications for Asian Economies – What we Know and What Not
Langhammer, Rolf J.; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
In this paper, we analyse effects of EU integration on Asian countries. Since the early 1990s, it is especially the trade creation effect of monetary integration (so-called Rose effect) which is heavily debated in the literature. Recent papers seem to indicate that the Rose effect seems to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755194
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Whole-household Migration, Inequality and Poverty in Rural Mexiko
Arslan, Aslihan; Taylor, J. Edward - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Whole-household migration potentially can alter the results of studies on income inequality based on panel data if it selects on household income. We model whole-household migration and its impacts on income inequality and poverty using a unique, nationally representative household panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365866
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Village level inequality, migration and remittances in rural Mexico: How do they change over time?
Arslan, Aslihan; Taylor, J. Edward - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally and regionally representative of rural Mexico. Employing a Gini decomposition and controlling for whole household migration (attrition), we find that migration prevalence has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635828
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A tale of two countries: A comparison of the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Germany
Reicher, Christopher - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
This paper compares the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Western Germany using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth. Reallocative shocks have no effect on the natural rate of unemployment in either country, and there is mild evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216276
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The aggregate effects of long run sectoral reallocation
Reicher, Christopher - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
In this paper, I estimate a series of long run reallocative shocks to sectoral employment using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth for the United States from 1960 through 2011. Reallocative shocks (which primarily measure construction and technology busts) have little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216281
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Government Activity and Economic Growth – One Size Fits All?
Beckmann, Joscha; Endrich, Marek; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This study investigates the role of government activity in economic growth, arguing that economic systems are important and that, therefore, one size of government does not fit all countries. Taking a panel of 111 countries over the years from 1971 to 2010, we consider clusters of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886882
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External Drivers of Institutional Change in Central Asia – Regional Integration Schemes and the Role of Russia and China
Schweickert, Rainer; Melnykovska, Inna; Plamper, Hedwig - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Russia and China are assumed to challenge democratization and to promote autocracy. In a first step, we analyze Central … Asia as the most-likely case, considering both Russia and China as relevant external actors. We develop a concept for our … analysis based on the different strategies of Russia (dominance) and China (doing-business) towards the region and present the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887001
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Can production subsidies explain China's export performance? Evidence from firm level data
Yu, Zhihong; Gong, Yundan; Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
It is widely accepted that China has been experiencing an export-led growth approach. However, the question whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700627
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Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818806