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Labor market impact of export in a commodity-dependent nation: The case of Indonesia

Laksono, Riandy; Oktiyanto, Fajar; Vadila, Yessi - 2024

Does export lead to improvement in labor market outcomes? The answer to this is not always clear from the literature …. Despite the rising role of export markets, informality is still high, and inequality is worsening in many developing economies …. In addition, export expansion driven by commodities has also been linked with the Dutch disease phenomenon. Using the …

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Globalization, infrastructure, and inclusive growth

Winters, L. Alan - 2014

This paper covers threes issues: first, defining and measuring inclusive growth; second, the relationship between international trade and inequality; and third, the links between infrastructure and inequality. Both international trade and infrastructure make it easier for people to exchange...

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Old Europe ages: Can it still prosper?

Börsch-Supan, Axel; Ludwig, Alexander - 2009

Population aging will be a major determinant of long-run economic development in industrial and developing countries. The extent of the demographic changes is dramatic in some countries and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and...

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Impact of services trade liberalization on employment and people movement in South Asia

Chanda, Rupa - 2011

Services have been a key driver of overall economic growth in South Asia since the 1990s. This paper examines how the growth of services output, trade and investment have affected service sector employment in South Asia and the extent to which countries in this region are proactively undertaking...

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Internationalization of tertiary education services in Singapore

Toh, Mun-Heng - 2012

This paper traces the development of the education sector from its nascent stage of serving economic development needs to the internationalization stage of fulfilling Singapore's aspiration to be a global education hub. The state plays an important role in guiding and fostering development of...

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The exchange rate, diversification, and distribution in a modified Ricardian model with a continuum of goods

Razmi, Arslan - 2011

Several recent empirical and theoretical studies have revived interest in the relationship between the level of the exchange rate and economic development. This paper develops a dynamic model based on the Ricardian framework with a continuum of goods to consider the issue from a somewhat...

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Informal labor regulations, firm boundaries, and global sourcing

Bansal, Renu; Maiti, Dibyendu - 2024

This paper extends the global sourcing model with informal labor, which spawns reputation and legal costs for violating the rules and regulations imposed on foreign firms regarding accessing informal labor under integration. Under these circumstances, foreign firms, facing a higher cost than...

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Global value chains, employment, and wage inequality: A study of Indian manufacturing

Sasidharan, Subash; Ramachandran, Renjith - 2024

Using plant-level data from the Annual Survey of Industries, this study presents an empirical analysis of the effects of global value chains (GVCs) on employment and wage premiums in the Indian manufacturing sector. We emphasize the GVC's impact on three labor market variables: (i) employment,...

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Examining the perception of women's role in India's blue economy: A systematic literature review

Behera, Arakhita - 2024

The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women's employment and leadership in India's blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November...

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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...

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