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North-South technology spillovers : the relative impact of openness and foreign R&D
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2008
larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. -- Technology diffusion ; R&D ; openness ; North-South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003661550
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North-South trade-related technology diffusion : virtuous growth cycles in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2010
This paper examines the impact on TFP in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries (DEV) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965601
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Brain drain and productivity growth : are small states different?
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2008
states. -- Brain drain ; technology diffusion ; trade ; productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656947
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Education, governance, and trade- and distance-related technology diffusion : accounting for the Latin America-East Asia TFP gap, and the TFP impact of South America's greater dist...
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017
This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology diffusion on TFP in the South, focusing on South America (SA), Mexico, Latin America (LA) and East Asia for the 32-year period preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734518
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Education, governance and trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001926816
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International trade and its effects on economic growth in China
Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - 2010
the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic … extensively. This research then evaluates the effects of international trade on China's economic growth through examining … improvement in productivity. Both econometric and non-parametric approaches are applied based on a 6-year balanced panel data of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989717
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Tariffs, social status, and gender in India
Anukriti, S.; Kumler, Todd J. - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010248826
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Disentangling the wage impacts of offshoring on a developing country : theory and policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2016
The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480815
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Re-assessing the impacts of exports on local labour market outcomes : a supply chain perspective : evidence from Egypt
Tillian, Pablo; Kokas, Deeksha; Goes, Carlo; López … - 2023
This paper examines the overall impact of exports while accounting for supply chain linkages on local labor market outcomes in Egypt between 2007 and 2018. We assess the effects not only on directly exporting industries but also on industries indirectly affected by rising export demand....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014420407
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Middlemen, non-profits, and poverty
Chau, Nancy H.; Goto, Hideaki; Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a "fair-trade" premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897511