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Migration and Globalization: What's in it for Developing Countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge, eventually contributing to efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525040
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The End of Cheap Labour: Are Foreign Investors Leaving China?
Donaubauer, Julian; Dreger, Christian - 2016
paper, we raise the hypothesis that soaring wages negatively affect FDI inflows to China and alter the distribution of FDI … direction of FDI inflows. By performing panel models with spatial effects for both Chinese provinces and developing ASEAN … the distribution of FDI within China. In addition, we show that the changes in China's economic strategy improve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525028
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Capital Fundamentalism and Structural Transformation
Tohari, Achmad; Parsons, Christopher; Rammohan, Anu - 2021
We revisit the role of Capital Fundamentalism, in the context of the Government of Indonesia's Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT or Left Behind Village) Program, which injected capital into poor village economies. We evaluate the impact of the program on village welfare and structural transformation...
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Changes in Female Employment in Mexico: Demographics, Economics, and Policies
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys; Freije-Rodriguez, Samuel; … - 2020
The unemployment and labor force participation gender gaps narrowed in Mexico after the 2008 global economic crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270082
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Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War
Utar, Hale - 2022
longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits … plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico … violence has significant distortive effects on domestic industrial development in Mexico and shed light on the characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351699
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Note on Lilien and Modified Lilien index
Ansari, Muhammad Rashid; Mussida, Chiara; Pastore, Francesco - 2013
This note is a companion to the Lilien (lilien) and Modified Lilien (mlilien) commands for computing the relative indices in STATA. The note illustrates the main features of the commands with an application to the structural determinants of regional unemployment.
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Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - 2013
Recent research has documented a U-shaped industrial concentration curve over an economy's development path. How far can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher-Ohlin model using industry data on 44 developed and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329172
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Structural Change and the Kaldor Facts of Economic Growth
Foellmi, Reto; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002
We present a model in which two of the most important features of the long-run growth process are reconciled: the massive changes in the structure of production and employment; and the Kaldor facts of economic growth. We assume that households expand their consumption along a hierarchy of needs...
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The Welfare Costs of Job Loss and Decarbonization– Evidence from Germany's Coal Phase Out
Haywood, Luke; Janser, Markus; Koch, Nicolas - 2021
Decarbonizing economies is an enormous task. Public debate often focuses on the job loss of workers in fossil industries. Why is job loss costly? Who is most affected? Can delaying transition reduce welfare costs? What other policy instruments may be available? We present a simple job search...
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Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Recent research has documented a U-shaped industrial concentration curve over an economy's development path. How far can neoclassical trade theory take us in explaining this pattern? We estimate the production side of the Heckscher-Ohlin model using industry data on 44 developed and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959660