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Are women in the MENA region really that different from women in Europe? Globalization, conservative values and female labor market participation.
Fischer, Justina AV; Aydıner-Avşar, Nursel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This article aims to compare women in the MENA region with women in Europe as to how globalization affects their … Survey covering over 80 countries between 1981 and 2014, we employ three distinct indicators of globalization that reflect …, during the Cold War period economic globalization appears to weaken those conservative values that directly pertain to female …
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Globalization, female employment, and regional differences in OECD countries
Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
globalization on female employment in 33 OECD countries, using a pseudo micro panel on 110’000 persons from the World Values Survey …, 1981 to 2008. A traditional cross-country analysis suggests that only the social dimension of globalization, the worldwide …, the social dimension of globalization appears to work at the regional level only, while economic globalization (trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258965
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Globalized markets, globalized information, and female employment: accounting for regional differences in 30 OECD countries
Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
globalization on female employment in 30 OECD countries, using a micro pseudo panel of 110’000 persons derived from five waves of … repeated cross-sections from the World Values Survey, 1981 to 2008. I conjecture that informational globalization affects … societal values and perceived economic opportunities, while economic globalization impacts actual economic opportunities. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114464
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中国对外出口的区域劳动力市场效应
Zhang, Chuanchuan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
One striking phenomena of the macro economy in China during the past decade is the rapid exporting growth. Exporting growth provides strong demand for domestic manufacturing production and is one of the most important engines of economic growth. Using population census data and trade data, this...
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How Do Trade, Foreign Investment, and Technology Affect Employment Patterns in Organized Indian Manufacturing?
Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The present study investigates into the impact of trade, foreign investment, and technology on three different employment patterns in India’s organized manufacturing sector. These employment patterns cover three disadvantage categories of workers viz., women vis-à-vis men workers, contract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514892
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Влияние Трудовой Эмиграции на Рынок Труда в Латвии
Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
After entering the European Union (EU) Latvia faced new possibilities in international labor market. In 2004 several member states opened their labor markets to workers from Latvia. The largest amount of labor force went to Ireland, Great Britain and Sweden. In these countries salaries were...
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When Eastern Labour Markets Enter Western Europe CEECs. Labour Market Institutions upon Euro Zone Accession
Tyrowicz, Joanna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on the labour market institutions in European Union Member States in the context of monetary integration. Traditionally, labour markets are a key concept in the optimal currency area theory, playing the role of the only accommodation mechanism of asymmetric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105695
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Offshoring of Medium-skill Jobs, Polarization, and Productivity Effect: Implications for Wages and Low-skill Unemployment
Vallizadeh, Ehsan; Muysken, Joan; Ziesemer, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We examine the effects of endogenous offshoring on cost-efficiency, wages and unemployment in a task- assignment model with skill heterogeneity. Exact conditions for the following insights are derived. The distributional effect of offshoring (high-) low-skill-intensive tasks is similar to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011157017
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Critical Review of 'A Simple Model of Firm Heterogeneity, International Trade and Wages'
Atif, Syed Muhammad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This report critically analyses the paper "A Simple Model of Firm Heterogeneity, International Trade and Wages' authored by, Stephen Ross Yeaple. Yeaple (2005) introduces a static model in which ex-ante homogeneous firms are differentiated based on heterogeneity in technology adoption and skill...
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Impact of trade in services on gender employment in India
Banga, Rashmi; Bansal, Renu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Trade in services has played a pivotal role in boosting economic growth of India. However, very few studies exist that trace its gender differential impacts. This study makes a pioneering attempt to estimate the impact of exports of services on gender employment in 46 sectors, which include 15...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372507