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This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
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thus, lost employment opportunities. This paper evaluates the relationship between regional trade agreements using a …
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Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization … export expansion, this is not occurring at a large enough scale to be felt at the macro level. To seize the benefits of trade …
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trade restrictions, we provide further evidence on the indirect effects of sanctions. Analysing the impact on broader …
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affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong …
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This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of trade versus technological change on wage differentials. We … product markets have become increasingly integrated. Moreover, it can explain why the volume of trade between developed and …
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This paper examines the linkages between the trade of goods and financial assets. Do both flows behave as complements … macroeconomics, the empirical evidence has remained relatively scarce so far, in particular for the Euro area where trade and … from 2002-2012, to test the so-called trade-finance nexus. Since theoretical models stress that both flows might be …
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China's government is promoting the shift towards a consumption-based economy since a few years. The explicit goal to significantly raise the percentage of wages in the national household income is integral part of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). The changes in the economic strategy are...
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TTIP negotiations between the US and the EU and it suggests a broader analytical link between trade, FDI, innovation …
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We use a plant level survey to identify interactions between domestic plants and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector. One third of Ethiopian plants are linked to FDI through labor sharing, supply chains and competition. Technology upgrading most commonly occurs as...
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