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Globalization and local profiles of economic growth and industrial change

Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2014

We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978 …

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Trade and inequality in Europe and the US

Dorn, David; Levell, Peter - 2021

The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe...

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Spurring economic growth through human development : research results and guidance for policymakers

Bloom, David E.; Khoury, Alexander; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020

Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...

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Infrastructure's imprint : metro proximity and property development dynamics in São Paulo, Brazil

Grimaldi, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Zimmermann, Beatrice - 2024

How does the proximity to a metro station affect urban development in Latin America? While the literature assessing the causal impacts of transportation infrastructure has grown in recent years, only a few papers have focused on the effects of metro systems in Latin America and the Caribbean...

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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...

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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...

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Exchange rates and economic growth during the global business cycle : the role of labor market institutions

Kuokštis, Vytautas; Asali, Muhammad; Spurga, Simonas … - 2024

The effect of exchange rate regimes on economic performance is one of the key questions in international economics, both academically and policy-wise. Based on the theory of Optimum Currency Areas (OCA), we examine how labor market regulations affect the relationship between exchange rate...

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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the … economic growth in the current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based …

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Globalization, institutions, and the ethnic divide : recent longitudinal evidence

Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - 2012

significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic … ; property rights ; ethnic heterogeneity ; globalization …

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Infrastructure grants and the performance of microenterprises

Chaurey, Ritam; Duong Trung Le - 2018

We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward" districts, on the performance of microenterprises. "Backward" districts were selected based on a transparent score-based assignment mechanism. Using a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity...

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