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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China
Sun, Peng - 2010
the country to target the world as its market. This research discusses the role of international trade in China's economic … growth. It starts with a review of conceptions as well as the evolution of China's international trade regime and the policy … that China has taken in favor of trade sectors. In addition, China's international trade performance is analyzed …
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076812
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Is the Chinese Growth Miracle Built to Last?
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2021
, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316851
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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages : An Analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2021
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...
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Immigration, Growth and Unemployment : Panel VAR Evidence from OECD Countries
Boubtane, Ekrame - 2012
This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ panel VAR techniques to use a large annual dataset on 22 OECD countries over the period 1987-2009. The VAR approach allows to addresses the endogeneity problem by allowing the...
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On the Exchange Rate and Economic Policy Uncertainty Nexus : A Panel VAR Approach for Emerging Markets
Abid, Abir - 2020
We examine the Exchange Rate Volatility (ERV) response to the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) shocks from a panel VAR perspective used for the first time in this context. Focusing on Emerging Market Economies (EME), our noteworthy findings postulate that (a) both home and foreign EPU shocks...
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Public Expenditure, Demography and Growth : Theory and Evidence from India
Das, Pranab Kumar - 2016
Many countries in the developed world are ageing in terms of their distribution of population. Conversely, a number of countries in the south have younger population. India for example, has 60% of its population in the age group of 15-59, with the mean age close to 27 years as of present times....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999017
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The Impact of Government Spending on GDP in a Remitting Country
Al‐Abri, Almukhtar S. - 2018
The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914328
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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
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