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Global technology cycles and local economic performance
Heinrich, Sebastian; Sarferaz, Samad; Wörter, Martin - 2023
This paper studies the global synchronicity of technology and its impact on the economy. We employ dynamic factor analysis to decompose patent data in different digital technologies for various countries into global and country-specific factors. Our findings confirm the existence of global and...
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The impact of globalization on the composition of government expenditures : evidence from panel data
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Sturm, Jan-Egbert (contributor);  … - 2006
According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure … globalization ("compensation hypothesis"). Employing two different datasets and various measures of globalization, we analyze … whether globalization has indeed influenced the composition of government expenditures. For a sample of 108 countries, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348652
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The KOF Globalisation Index - revisited
Gygli, Savina; Haelg, Florian; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2018
globalisation for every country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847841
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The effects of economic globalisation and ethnic fractionalisation on redistribution
Pleninger, Regina; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2019
We examine the effect of economic globalisation on income redistribution and hypothesise that it depends on ethnic fractionalisation. In highly fractionalised countries, powerful ethnicities are able to extract globalisation-induced benefits, whereas their governments face substantial political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130069
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The "forgotten" middle class : an analysis of the effects of globalisation
Pleninger, Regina; Haan, Jakob de; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2019
This paper studies the effects of globalisation on the income share of the middle class. Our findings suggest that globalisation, proxied by the KOF Economic Globalisation Index, reduces the income share of the middle class. The income share of the poorest 20% also drops due to globalisation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130087
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Has globalisation increased inequality?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2006
There has been no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realities remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003348663
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Globalization and Protection of Employment
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Somogyi, Frank - 2009
Unionists and politicians frequently claim that globalization lowers employment protection of workers. This paper tests … globalization and two labor market segments. While overall globalization is shown to loosen protection of the regularly employed, it … economy arguments as explanations for these differential effects. -- Globalization ; international trade ; integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919421
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Has globalisation really had no effect on unions?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gaston, Noel G. (contributor) - 2005
For a number of OECD countries, the deterioration of labour market outcomes for less-skilled workers since the early 1980's has coincided with a steady decline in union membership. Globalisation is commonly believed to have contributed to both developments. However, recent studies fail to find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289315
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Determinants of internationalisation : do they differ among sectors and business functions? ; evidence from firm-level data
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Hollenstein, Heinz; Stucki, Tobias - 2013
The relevance of services FDI strongly increased over the last two decades. As goods and services differ with respect to important characteristics, one may expect that the determinants of internationalisation are not identical in manufacturing and the service sector. However, there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010213016
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Do human rights offenders oppose human rights resolutions in the United Nations?
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2007
We investigate voting behavior on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Our central question is whether countries with a low human rights record systematically oppose human rights resolutions. An instrumental account of voting would suggest that these countries aim to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762834