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-skill occupations. We estimate the determinants of workers' RTI as a function of technology (computer use), globalization …. Globalization (as measured by sector foreign value-added share) increases RTI in poorer countries but reduces RTI in richer … globalization also important. Technology contributes the most to the differences in RTI among workers in high-skilled occupations …
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The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe...
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We provide estimates of impacts on maternal mortality of swings in US aid for family planning and maternal health driven by switches in implementation of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) with US Presidential Party. The GGR is a pro-life policy that prohibits aid to overseas non-governmental...
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Studies of the effects of technology and globalization on employment and inequality commonly assume that occupations … are identical around the world in the job tasks they require. To relax this assumption, we develop a regression … the dominant provider of non-routine work. In contrast, assuming that occupations are identical around the world …
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significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic … ; property rights ; ethnic heterogeneity ; globalization …
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The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labour market institutions by developing a framework in which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labour market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of location of manufacturing centres can, therefore, by...
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