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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 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 …. The evidence reported also suggests that the emergence of China as an important source of world growth might be the driver …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311486
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A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap
Weichselbaumer, Doris (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001800186
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The economic and social determinants of migrants' well-being during the global financial crisis
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2018
This paper investigates the economic and social determinants affecting the well-being of temporary migrants before, during and after the financial crisis. Exploiting unique panel data which cover migration spells from Tajikistan between 2001 and 2011, we find that migrants earn less but stay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785812
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Financial crises and liberalization : progress or reversals?
Saka, Orkun; Campos, Nauro; De Grauwe, Paul; Ji, Yuemei; … - 2019
Financial crisis can trigger policy reversals, i.e. they can lead to a process of re- regulation of financial markets. Using a recent comprehensive dataset on financial liberalization across 94 countries for the period between 1973 and 2015, we formally test the validity of this prediction for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022690
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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900319
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The great recession of 2008 - 2009 : causes, consequences and policy responses
Verick, Sher Singh; Islam, Iyanatul - 2010
US to the worst recession the world has witnessed for over six decades. Through an in-depth review of the crisis in terms … suggested, while at the same time the majority of the world’s poor had benefited insufficiently from stronger economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962631
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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory
Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011
plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524338
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The role of institutions and firm heterogeneity for labour market adjustment : cross-country firm-level evidence
Gál, Peter; Hijzen, Alexander; Wolf, Zoltán - 2013
This paper investigates the role of policies and institutions for aggregate labour market dynamics during the recent financial crisis using firm-level data. First, it provides comparable estimates on firm-level labor adjustment by country, industry and firm size. Second, using variance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745774
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Foreign labour migration and the economic crisis in the EU : ongoing and remaining issues of the migrant workforce in Germany
Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010
This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810657
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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups
Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011
The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516872