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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the … heterogeneity in the degree of globalization over time and across countries and regions of the World, as well as within countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764241
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005
This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764242
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How outsourcing affects bilateral political relations
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des Lois, argued, peace is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002452365
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Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896161
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Can intra-regional trade act as a global shock absorber in Africa?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Meng, Qingwei; Ncube, Mthuli - 2015
The global financial crisis and the subsequent uneven recovery have underscored the need for Africa's resilience to … output and other shocks originated in the rest of the world. A comparison of two regional economic communities - the East … African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) - suggests that deeper intra-regional, and in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307945
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time : the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
; Africa ; Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824965
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Migration policy, African population growth and global inequality
Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - 2014
According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382705
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283434
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003392246
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China's emergence in the world economy and business cycles in Latin America
Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio; Pesaran, M. Hashem; Rebucci, … - 2011
world have altered the transmission mechanism of international business cycles to Latin America. Evidence based on a Global … world shows that the long-term impact of a China GDP shock on the typical Latin American economy has increased by three … associated with a deceleration in China's economic growth in the future for both Latin America and the rest of the world economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311486