globalization renders this question extremely topical. Yet, most previous work has looked for political effects of aggregate trade …

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI … other main findings of the paper are that: 1) the employment effect can be very diverse in different areas of the world …

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

Defining the 'global middle class' as being neither poor nor rich in the developed world, we estimate the size of the …

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

technology, globalization tends to lead to convergence. Moreover, under non-convex technology trade and migration tend to be …