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Offshoring and Unemployment: The Role of Search Frictions and Labor Minority

Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - eSocialSciences - 2009

In this paper, in order to study the impact of offshoring on sectoral and economy wide rates of unemployment, we … increases and sectoral unemployment decreases upon offshoring in the presence of perfect intersectoral labor mobility. If, as a … unemployment. With imperfect intersectoral labor mobility, unemployment in the offshoring sector can rise, with an unambiguous …

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International Outsourcing Hurdles in Value-added Services

Banerjee, Arindam - eSocialSciences - 2010

International Outsourcing has been traditionally looked upon as a low end cost effective servicing option to take advantage of the cost arbitrage that exists across countries. Of late, many outsourcing vendors have realized that the advantages of cost differentials that spurred a lot of the...

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Evolving Structural Patterns in the Enlarging European Division of Labour: Sectoral and Branch Specialisation and the Potentials for Closing the Productivity Gap

Stephan, Dr Johannes - eSocialSciences - 2008

Within the past decade, national levels of labour productivity in CEECs have converged significantly towards the levels predominant in the EU. Yet, levels are still significantly lower, large gaps are still prevalent. Needless to say, levels within the EU also differ greatly; comparisons with...

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Does the HIPC Initiative Achieve its Goal of Debt Sustainability?

Gunter, Bernhard G. - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper examines the question if the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative provides a good basis for the HIPCs to exit from repeated debt rescheduling. Building on other reviews of the HIPC Initiative, the paper begins with a short summary of some key problems of the HIPC...

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The Global Labour Standards Controversy: Critical Issues for Developing Countries

Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Ann - eSocialSciences - 2014

This policy study seeks to move the debate on labour standards beyond the present stalemate onto a more constructive plane. While closely examining the economic arguments in this controversy, it is also concerned with the broader political and moral dimensions. The authors suggest that...

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Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector

NCEUS, NCEUS - eSocialSciences - 2012

This Report is focused on the informal or the unorganized economy which accounts for an overwhelming proportion of the poor and vulnerable population in an otherwise shining India. It concentrates on a detailed analysis of the conditions of work and lives of the unorganized workers consisting of...

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Globalization and Gender Justice

Michael, Lorraine - eSocialSciences - 2013

Globalization makes all products costlyfor workers. Canadian women face same problems as women in India. They face …

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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards

Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006

Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment … globalization has not, and will not, trickle down to those who make the products. Comparing Mexico's maquiladoras with a detailed …

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Economic Development in a Changing Globalised Economy: The Case of Developing Countries

Huq, Mozammel - eSocialSciences - 2006

In the context of the changing economic environment, this analysis is of particular relevance to Third World countries, who are currently being asked and/or actively encouraged to implement the "globalisation" strategy. The paper will analyse the globalisation strategy and discuss the critical...

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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective

Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011

The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.

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