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The relationship between structural change and inequality: A conceptual overview with special reference to developing Asia
Aizenman, Joshua; Lee, Minsoo; Park, Donghyun - 2012
change, such as demographic transition, can also impinge upon inequality. Structural change in developing Asia has been … economies entail valuable lessons for developing Asia. Extensive structural change is both a cause and consequence of the … exceptionally rapid economic growth, which enabled developing Asia to raise living standards and reduce poverty at a historically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397258
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Structural transformation, growth, and inequality: Evidence from Viet Nam
Sarma, Vengadeshvaran; Paul, Saumik; Wan, Guanghua - 2017
We examine whether structural transformation leads to growth and income inequality in Viet Nam. Using three rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey (2002, 2006, and 2010), we estimate re-centered influence functions to construct a decomposition analysis. Our results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688712
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Institutions for Asian Integration : Innovation and Reform
Capannelli, Giovanni; Tan, See Seng - 2012
The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help …. Asia’s institutions for regionalism need strengthening through reform and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014166465
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Asia-Latin America free trade agreements: An instrument for inter-regional liberalization and integration
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Ramizo, Dorothea; Burmeister, Luca - 2012
Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397259
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Bond Market Development in Asia : An Empirical Analysis of Major Determinants
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2011
One of the reasons behind the financial crisis in 1997 was the excessive dependence of Asian economies on commercial banks for domestic financing. Banks were the major source of corporate financing because bond markets were underdeveloped and small. To enhance corporate bond financing, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122027
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Asia-Latin America Free Trade Agreements : An Instrument for Inter-Regional Liberalization and Integration?
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2014
Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065383
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Service Sector Productivity and Economic Growth in Asia
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2014
This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an … economies, and consumption and investment dynamics. We find that faster productivity growth in the service sector in Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050277
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Demographics, labor mobility, and productivity
Wilson, Edgar J.; Jayanthakumaran, Kankesu; Verma, Reetu - 2012
in the Asian region. Our second recommendation is for the East Asia Summit (ASEAN+10) to set up a high level working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397300
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Two decades of structural transformation and dynamics of income equality in indonesia
Dartanto, Teguh; Zheng Wen Yuan, Edith; Sofiyandi, Yusuf - 2017
Successful reductions in poverty, resulting from substantial increases in income and structural transformation, have been associated with growing levels of income inequality. This paper explores the link between structural transformation and inequality in Indonesia by applying Theil's L...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944167
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The five-phases of economic development and institutional evolution in China and Japan
Aoki, Masahiko - 2011
Based on the variable rate of gross domestic product per capita growth and its sources, this paper first identifies five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea: M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à la Kuznets), H (human capital based) and PD (post...
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