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The representation of a large number of students born outside the United States among the ranks of doctorate recipients from U.S. universities is one of the most significant transformations in U.S. graduate education and the international market for highly-trained workers in science and...
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This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of … globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the … evidence suggests that the poor are more likely to share in the gains from globalization when there are complementary policies …
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student flows, business travel, and tourism. Despite its peripheral status in debates over globalization, the movement of …
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This lecture examines whether financial globalization is beneficial to developing countries by first examining the … to examine whether globalization, particularly of the financial kind, can help encourage financial and economic … development and argues that it can. However, financial globalization does not always work to encourage economic development …
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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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which financial globalization can be a substitute for reforms of domestic financial system. Inefficient financial system and … investment. While financial globalization always improves the welfare of a developed country with a good financial system, its …
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globalization (stock of external assets and liabilities). This dominates the effect of an increase in trade globalization (exports … with 14 shocks we show that the theoretical impact of financial and trade globalization on the correlation between capital …
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Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies. In this paper, we document these gaps, and emphasize that labor flows from low-productivity activities to high-productivity activities are a key driver of...
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This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of empirical evidence about the impact of financial globalization on …, we do find that financial globalization can be beneficial under the right circumstances. Empirically, good institutions … and quality of governance are crucial in helping developing countries derive the benefits of globalization. Similarly …
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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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