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In this essay, I review Robert Fogel's The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 which is concerned with the past, present, and future of human health. Fogel's work places great emphasis on nutrition, not only for the history of health, but for explaining aspects of current health,...
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A fundamental objective of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations is to improve the trading prospects of developing countries. The 2001 declaration from the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, commits the member governments to negotiations aimed at substantial improvements in market access...
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To what extent must nations cede control over their economic and social policies if global efficiency is to be achieved in an interdependent world? This question is at the center of the debate over the future role of GATT (and its successor, the WTO) in the realm of labor and environmental...
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, globalization has been good for growth in poor countries at least by diminishing price volatility. But comparative advantage has … never been constant. Globalization increased poor country specialization in commodities when the world went open after the …
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globalization of the world's labor markets. We find that when people can choose between wage work and managerial work, the output …
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The global economy has been buffeted by several unprecedented economic events during the past 35 years. We survey the impact of these events on Israel's development, institutions, and economic policies. Israel had a remarkable development during this time, from a low income high-inflation...
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This paper addresses the interactions between globalization, the quality of democracy, and economic convergence using … and globalization. To reflect context, as defined by space (geography) and time (history), we control for the distance to … and globalization put forward by Eichengreen and Leblang (2008) for the period 1870-2000. Focusing on the more recent wave …
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The spectacular growth of the software industry in some non-G7 economies has aroused both interest and concern. This paper addresses two sets of inter-related issues. First, we explore the determinants of these successful stories. We then touch upon the broader question of what lessons, if any,...
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/rental ratios the world round between 1870 and 1940. The data offer a useful way to identify the impact of globalization on the pre …
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This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape … Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization … diversification (an indicator of globalization) and income convergence (an indicator of governance) in the sub-regions of West and …
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