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Globalization and human capital formation

Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001

This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. The fact that the time consistency problem in taxation can make labor mobility beneficial even if governments are fully benevolent - which is known from other contexts - is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339674

The shadow economy and shadow economy labor force : what do we (not) know?

Schneider, Friedrich - 2011

In this paper the main focus lies on the development and the size of the shadow economy and of undeclared work (or shadow economy labor force) in OECD, developing and transition countries. Besides informal employment in the rural and non-rural sector also other measures of informal employment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308829

Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession : an international perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...

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The welfare effects of globalization with labor market regulation

Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2015

I examine how globalization affects wages and welfare in a general equilibrium model of international trade with partly … oligopolistic markets. Globalization is modeled as reducing trade costs or opening up shielded sectors to trade. There is a national …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347148

Structural change and innovation as exit strategies from the middle income trap

Vivarelli, Marco - 2014

This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350349

Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?

Rapoport, Hillel - 2016

This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518125

Capitalism recoupled

Kelly, Colm; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021

- globalization, technological advance and financialization (GTF) - that have weakened the connections between economies and societies …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583534

Migration and cultural change

Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2021

compositional and cultural diffusion mechanisms. We use the World Value Survey for 1981-2014 to build time-varying measures of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648747

Globalization, structural change and innovation in emerging economies : the impact on employment and skills

Vivarelli, Marco - 2018

This paper aims to provide a critical overview of the drivers that the relevant theoretical and empirical literature suggests being crucial in dealing with the challenges an emerging country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status, with a particular focus devoted...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916217

Capital market integration and gender inequality

Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2018

This study explores the effects of globalization on gender inequality. Specifically, we depict that, in terms of … capital market integration, globalization alters the gender gap in wage rates through changes in labor demand for capital …-intensive sectors. Consequently, globalization leads to opposite effects on the couple's labor supply and fertility decisions in capital …

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