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We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978 …
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skills. In particular, the prescriptions by the conventional trade theory will be contrasted with a view taking into account …
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technology, globalization tends to lead to convergence. Moreover, under non-convex technology trade and migration tend to be … channels, on internal income distribution, international income convergence and on whether migration and trade are substitutes … the effects of migration on the accumulation of both knowledge and human capital, by invoking endogenous growth theory …
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The theory of endogenous technical change has deeply contributed to our understanding of the fundamental sources of …
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The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The combination of a macroeconomic production function and...
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Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …
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This paper examines an economic union where oligopolistic firms produce by skilled and unskilled labor and do in-house Ramp;D by skilled labor. The planner of the union accepts new members to the union, regulates the labor market through a minimum wage for unskilled labor and supports firms by...
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This paper explores the question of structural transformation and income distribution through the eyes of the pioneer in such analysis, Simon Kuznets. It argues that his 1955 paper stands the test of time in providing insights which are relevant to understanding current phenomena like the...
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This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the interaction of emigration of highly skilled labor, an economy's income gap to potential host economies of expatriates, and optimal public infrastructure investment. In a model with endogenous education and Ramp;D investment decisions we show...
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, in contrast, that σ is affected by both globalization and technology, and that different intensities in these drivers … substitution between capital and labor is below unity; that it increases along with the degree of globalization; but it decreases …-output ratio on the labor share irrespective of the degree of globalization (which would be consistent with an average aggregate …
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