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

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005

contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … technological innovation also provides impetus to the progressive integration of the nations. The elements of globalization include …

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Globalization, brain drain and development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011

high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We … Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis …

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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...

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Does corporate governance reform necessarily boost firm performance? Recent evidence from Russia

Kuznecovs, Mihails; Pal, Sarmistha - 2012

This paper examines whether the introduction of corporate governance (CG) reforms in general and that of transparency and disclosure (T&D) rules in particular can necessarily boost firm performance. Existing literature suggests that CG reforms can boost performance because it can resolve the...

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Worker directors: a German product that didn't export?

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. …

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Immigration Policy in Integrated National Economies

Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000

Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues … for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the …

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Human Capital Investment and Globalization in Extortionary States

Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001

This paper considers education investment and public education subsidies in closed and open economies with an extortionary government. The extortionary government in a closed economy has incentives to subsidize education in order to overcome a hold-up problem of time consistent taxation, similar...

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Globalization and Human Capital Formation

Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001

This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. The fact that the time consistency problem in taxation can make labor mobility beneficial even if governments are fully benevolent – which is known from other contexts –...

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How do trade and financial integration affect the relationship between growth and volatility?

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Terrones, Marco E. - 2006

context of globalization a term typically used to describe the phenomenon of growing international trade and financial …

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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - 2007

recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …

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