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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
Appleton, Simon; Knight, John; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
surveys, spanning eleven years, to answer this question with respect to labour market rewards in urban China. We conceptualize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761810
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Can You Teach Old Dragons New Tricks? FDI and Innovation Activity in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data set of Chinese SOEs covering the period 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703273
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646291
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Establishment of Science Parks in the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
New growth models consider the role of technology in production. The link between product flows and information flows in international trade suggests investment in information technology as a leading sector in the developing countries growth. Several studies establish relationships between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763920
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Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574589
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Workforce Segmentation in Germany: From the Founding Era to the Present Time
Eichhorst, Werner; Kendzia, Michael J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, we argue that since industrialization, Germany has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078396
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How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?
Wang, Le - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
China's phenomenal growth is accompanied by both relatively low level of standards of living and high inequality. It is … China during economic transition. We find that returns to education are generally more pronounced for individuals in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368922
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Employment and Education Policy for Young People in the EU: What Can New Member States Learn from Old Member States?
Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The EU experience with youth unemployment has changed over recent years with the launch and re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna process. A dramatic shift has taken place from the 1990s emphasis on labour market flexibility as a tool to abate youth long term unemployment to the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703797
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Private Returns to Human Capital over Transition: A Case Study of Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The gradualist approach to economic transition in Belarus would contribute to form the a priori expectation that the rate of return to education is low and the earnings profile by work experience flat, like they supposedly were under central-planning. However, the first available estimates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703817