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Socioeconomic Factors and All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older People in Latin America, India, and China: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy - eSocialSciences - 2012
Latin America, India, and China. Crude and standardised mortality rates are reported, standardized mortality ratios … and economic factors. Compared with the US, mortality was much higher in urban India and rural China, much lower in Peru …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652273
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Global Warming and Agriculture: New Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in Agricultural Productivity
Cline, William R - eSocialSciences - 2009
China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the tropical belt in Africa and Latin America are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528414
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What’s So Special about China’s Exports?
Rodrik, Dani - eSocialSciences - 2006
Much more than comparative advantage and free markets have been at play in shaping China's export success. Government … have developed in their absence. As a result, China has ended up with an export basket that is significantly more … China's rapid growth. What matters for China's future growth is not the volume of exports, but whether China will continue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341769
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Textile and Clothing Trade with European Union: Impact of year-old EU Generalised System of Preferences
Satapathy, C. - eSocialSciences - 2006
Taking into account the latest data of exports of textiles and clothing to the European Union from South Asia and China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321450
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China's Embrace of Globalisation
Branstetter, Lee; Lardy, Nicholas - eSocialSciences - 2006
As China has become an increasingly important part of the global trading system over the past two decades, interest in … the country and its international economic policies has increased among international economists who are not China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487758
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Financial Integration in East Asia: How Far? How Much Further to Go?
Rajan, Ramkishen S.; Siregar, Reza Y.; Cavoli, Tony - eSocialSciences - 2006
, Singapore, Korea, China and Japan) as well as Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. These are the economies that have consciously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528262
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A Generation at Risk
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2014
This issue of Global Employment Trends for Youth provides an update on youth labour markets around the world, focusing both on the continuing labour market crisis and on structural issues in youth labour markets. The report provides an overview of youth labour markets at the global and regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945479
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Book Review: Revisiting the Labour Movement
Blanchard, Peter - eSocialSciences - 2006
Review of Vincent C. Peloso(ed) Work, Protest, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Latin America, Jaguar Books on Latin America Series. The book is obviously designed for those teaching courses on 20th century labour movements, providing both suggested readings and suggested films in the field,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250104
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Prospects for Regional Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and Pacific Region: Perspective from East Asia
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Balboa, Jenny D. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic distance, but also by disparities in economics, politics, culture, and history. Most recently, a number of forums explored the possibility of closing such gaps and linking the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694245
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Privatized Retirement And how the Current Crisis has Worsen Worker’s Losses
Gripp, Camila - eSocialSciences - 2009
The debate around retrenchment of pension systems became really popular in the 1990’s after the pioneering experience of Chile in 1981.The disastrous outcomes of the Chilean reform were widely known by the 2000’s although no relevant steps backwards were taken. This paper analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969058