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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2012
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall … ; employment ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558995
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East-West trade and migration : the Austro-German case
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294537
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The impact of life-course developments on pensions in the NDC systems in Poland, Italy and Sweden and point system in Germany
Chłoń-Domińczak, Agnieszka; Góra, Marek; Kotowska, … - 2018
countries. In the paper, we compare the labour market developments in four countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. There … are pronounced differences in the labour market participation in the four countries: high levels of employment in Germany … and Sweden are in contrast with low levels of employment in Italy and Poland. In the latter two countries, there is also a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798236
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How opportunity costs decrease the probability of war in an incomplete information game
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); Xiang, Jun (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that the opportunity costs resulting from economic interdependence decrease the equilibrium probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the inverse trade-conflict relationship, but is the opposite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784394
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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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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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Modeling international trade flows between Eastern European countries and OECD countries
Rault, Christophe (contributor); Sova, Robert (contributor);  … - 2007
Our paper deals with econometric developments for the estimation of the gravity model which lead to convergent parameter estimates even when a correlation exists between the explanatory variables and the specific unobservable characteristics of each unit. We implement panel data econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607494
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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
The international business cycle is very important for Latin America's economic performance as the recent global crisis vividly illustrated. This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages between China, Latin America, and the rest of the world have altered the transmission mechanism of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311486
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307945