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We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...
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Klappentext: Wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen werden häufig damit begründet, dass anderenfalls Investitionen ins Ausland verlagert würden und Exporte, Forschung, Wachstum sowie Beschäftigung im Inland sinken könnten. Zur Beurteilung dieser Argumente arbeitet der Autor die wesentlichen...
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In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel …
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We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world …
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-skill occupations. We estimate the determinants of workers' RTI as a function of technology (computer use), globalization …. Globalization (as measured by sector foreign value-added share) increases RTI in poorer countries but reduces RTI in richer … globalization also important. Technology contributes the most to the differences in RTI among workers in high-skilled occupations …
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In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T....
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There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant effect on child labour. Consistently with the theory, a...
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