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How outsourcing affects bilateral political relations

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des Lois, argued, peace is the...

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Globalization, productivity growth, and labor compensation

Dreger, Christian; Fourné, Marius; Holtemöller, Oliver - 2023

We analyse how changes in international trade integration affect productivity and the functional income distribution. To account for endogeneity, we construct a leave-out measure for international trade integration for country-industry pairs using international input-output tables. First, we...

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Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...

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Globalised labour markets? : international rent sharing across 47 countries

Martins, Pedro S.; Yang, Yong - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world …

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Firms' global engagement and management practices

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2017

We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany, we calculate...

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Minimum global tax : winners and losers in the race for mergers and acquisitions

Amendolagine, Vito; Bruno, Randolph; Cipollina, Maria; … - 2023

This study aims to quantify the impact of the global minimum corporate tax rate - a pillar of the OECD's reform of international taxation - on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving large multinational enterprises (MNEs). First, the influence of differences in capital taxation on...

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Beyond borders : do gender norms and institutions affect female businesses?

Görg, Holger; Jäkel, Ina Charlotte - 2024

In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female businesses. We exploit novel and unique micro data on start-ups in Denmark, which we combine with information on individual-level characteristics of the entrepreneur as main...

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Does the liberalization of trade advance gender equality in schooling and health?

Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2006

status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent …

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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time

Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor); … - 2005

heterogeneity in the degree of globalization over time and across countries and regions of the World, as well as within countries …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the …

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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries

Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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