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Globalisation, inequality and poverty relationships : a cross country evidence

Neutel, Marcel (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2006

In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T. Kearney...

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Geographic proximity, trade and international conflict/cooperation

Robst, John (contributor); Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

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Thresholds in the process of international financial integration

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Taylor, Ashley D. - 2009

The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....

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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the … economic growth in the current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based …

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Globalization and income inequality

Meschi, Elena (contributor); Vivarelli, Marco (contributor) - 2007

ability in serving the differentiated and high-quality markets of the developed world. …

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How does financial globalization affect risk sharing? : Patterns and channels

Kose, M. Ayhan (contributor); Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2007

In theory, one of the main benefits of financial globalization is that it should allow for more efficient international risk sharing. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the patterns of risk sharing among different groups of countries and examine how international...

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Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?

Mayda, Anna Maria (contributor) - 2007

"I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this difference: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes,...

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Does the liberalization of trade advance gender equality in schooling and health?

Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2006

This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...

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Globalised labour markets? : international rent sharing across 47 countries

Martins, Pedro S.; Yang, Yong - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world …

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What determines the share of labour in national income? : a cross-country analysis

Guerriero, Marta; Sen, Kunal - 2012

share around the world, in particular from the mid-1980s onwards. Using fixed effects regression methods on a panel dataset …

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