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International trade and wage discrimination : evidence from East Asia

Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - 2003

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Does higher openness cause more real exchange rate volatility ?

Calderón, César - 2009

"The "New Open Economy Macroeconomics" argues that: (a) non-monetary factors have gained importance in explaining exchange rate volatility, and (b) trade and financial openness may have a potential role of mitigating and/or amplifying real and nominal shocks to real exchange rates. The goal of...

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A note on rising food prices

Mitchell, Donald O. - 2008

"The rapid rise in food prices has been a burden on the poor in developing countries, who spend roughly half of their household incomes on food. This paper examines the factors behind the rapid increase in internationally traded food prices since 2002 and estimates the contribution of various...

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International migration, human capital, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Philippine migrants' exchange rate shocks

Yang, Dean - 2005

"Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and household enterprises? Yang examines Philippine...

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Tango with the gringo : the hard peg and real misalignment in argentina

Serven, Luis - 2004

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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009

from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed …

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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …. Experiences with diagnosis-related groups in Korea and Taiwan (China) point to cost-savings but also to possible knock-on effects … on service volume and total health spending. Korea and Taiwan (China) both offer important lessons for the separation of …

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