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The Chinese Export Bundles: Patterns, Puzzles and Possible Explanations

Wang, Zhi; Wei, Shang-Jin - 2008

China's exports have become increasingly sophisticated. This has generated anxiety in developed countries as the competitive pressure may be increasingly felt outside labor-intensive industries. Using product-level data on exports from different cities within China, this paper investigates the...

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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...

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How Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Regions? A Comparative Analysis of the EU and ASEAN

Jetin, Bruno - 2021

he COVID-19 pandemic calls for a collective response at the global and regional level. Otherwise, some nations may be left behind and the potential for the contagion to return remains high. As advanced regional blocs, the EU and ASEAN have a major responsibility to their members for coordinating...

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The labor market consequences of internal migration in Turkey

Berker, Ali - 2010

During the last 30 years, Turkey has undergone profound economic and social transformations, including fundamental shifts from the state-oriented economy to the market-oriented economy; large scale modernization investments in telecommunication and transportation services; and the low-intensity...

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Integrating south and southeast Asia through services value chain: The case of India and Thailand

Mukherjee, Arpita; Goyal, Tanu M. - 2015

services trade, investment and cooperation between South and Southeast Asia, taking the example of India and Thailand, by … analysis of the trade agreements involving India and Thailand, the paper finds that the present level of physical and people … agreement. India and Thailand have singularly liberalised key services sectors in their concluded bilateral and regional trade …

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Non-Tariff barriers and India's exports: The case of Asean and Sri Lanka

Saqib, Mohammed; Taneja, Nisha - 2005

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India-ASEAN Cooperation in Services: An Overview

Karmakar, Suparna - 2005

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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms

Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - 2007

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...

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Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Bono, Emilia Del; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008

In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unex- pected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displace- ment. Using an event study approach we compare the birth rates of dis- placed women with those of women una®ected by job loss after establish- ing the...

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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?

Wiklund, Fredrik - 1999

Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job? This paper addresses that question using the 1991 wave of the Level of Living Survey. The results suggest that men who experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of...

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