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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China
Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic … growth. It starts with a review of conceptions as well as the evolution of China's international trade regime and the policy … that China has taken in favor of trade sectors. In addition, China's international trade performance is analyzed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611315
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The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168619
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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
di Giovanni, Julian; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and destinations, using a quantitative multi-sector model of the global economy calibrated to aggregate and firm-level data on 60 developed and developing countries. Our framework accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279236
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Welfare in Models of Trade with Heterogeneous Firms
Janiak, Alexandre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
I illustrate that the welfare improvement property of the Melitz model is due to the shape of the aggregate labor demand curve, which slopes upwards. By slightly changing some assumptions in the model, this curve may have a negative slope. In this case, increases in aggregate productivity result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233865
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International Trade and Firm Performance: A Survey of Empirical Studies since 2006
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide both future empirical and theoretical work in this area, and public debates and policy makers, in an evidence-based way. The focus is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277811
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Modeling International Trade Flows Between Eastern European Countries and OECD Countries
Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert; Sova, Ana Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Our paper deals with econometric developments for the estimation of the gravity model which lead to convergent parameter estimates even when a correlation exists between the explanatory variables and the specific unobservable characteristics of each unit. We implement panel data econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761674
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Are US Wages Really Determined by European Labor-Market Institutions?
Meckl, Jürgen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper integrates institutionally determined wage rigidities into an otherwise standard Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade. It accounts for differences in individual productivities and their implications for individual wage incomes and demand for education. Although preserving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762382
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The Impact of Immigration on International Trade: A Meta-Analysis
Genc, Murat; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Since the early 1990s many empirical studies have been conducted on the impact of international migration on international trade, predominantly from the host country perspective. Because most studies have adopted broadly the same specification, namely a log-linear gravity model of export and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371880
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Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We introduce a simple oligopolistic trade model with international transportation costs, and analyze the profitability and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of trade freeness, (ii) the possibility of rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822177
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How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations
Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L’Esprit des Lois, argued, “peace is...
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