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International financial integration and Real Exchange Rate long-run dynamics in emerging countries : some panel evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Amor, Thouraya Hadj; Rault, … - 2009
America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004, and carries out "second-generation" tests for non-stationary panels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003816542
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586563
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Decomposition of differences in PISA results in middle income countries
Nieto, Sandra; Ramos, Raúl - 2014
Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational outcomes. With this aim, we use PISA microdata for 10 middle income and 2 high income countries and we apply decomposition methods in order to identify the role of these factors for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257594
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The size and development of the shadow economies of 22 transition and 21 OECD countries
Schneider, Friedrich - 2002
Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) 16.7% of "official" GDP and of 22...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411840
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Are entrepreneurs aware of covered interest parity and dollar shortage?
Nariman, Farhad; Heshmati, Almas - 2022
The purpose of this study is demonstrating why entrepreneurs should monitor the broad dollar index. This paper explains the reason why the broad dollar index has become a risk (leverage) gauge since 2008 using the Covered Interest Parity (CIP). CIP can be viewed as a reflection of the shadow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173246
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Lower and upper bound estimates of inequality of opportunity for emerging economies
Hufe, Paul; Peichl, Andreas; Weishaar, Daniel - 2021
Equality of opportunity is an important normative ideal of distributive justice. In spite of its wide acceptance and economic relevance, standard estimation approaches suffer from data limitations that can lead to both downward and upward biased estimates of inequality of opportunity. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609168
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Is an army of robots marching on Chinese jobs?
Giuntella, Osea; Wang, Tianyi - 2019
A handful of studies have investigated the effects of robots on workers in advanced economies. According to a recent report from the World Bank (2016), 1.8 billion jobs in developing countries are susceptible to automation. Given the inability of labor markets to adjust to rapid changes, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998802
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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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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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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …
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