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Mainstreaming Migration in Development Agendas : Assessment of South Asian Countries
Wickramasekara, Piyasiri - 2015
There has been increased emphasis on the linkages between international migration and development at international, regional and national levels in the past two decades. This recognition of migration as a developmental tool has generated calls for mainstreaming migration in development with some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028369
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Lifetime versus annual tax progressivity: Sweden, 1968-2009
Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - 2012
This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives. Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968 - 2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321455
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Economic reforms: Policy and institutions some lessons from Indian reforms
Virmani, Arvind - 2004
Economic policy and policy reform over the last few decades has been motivated by the need to accelerate growth or equivalently to reverse a decline in growth rate. The economic literature on the determinants of growth has burgeoned and disagreement has followed consensus on the policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807531
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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
van Ark, Bart - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807634
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807635
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Drivers of Academic Research and Patenting in India: Econometric Estimation of the Research Production Function
Ray, Amit Shovon; Saha, Sabyasachi - 2010
India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and …. Our results clearly identify several drivers of academic research and patenting in India, in terms of faculty background … India. In particular, we argue that putting in place institutional structures will not serve the purpose without addressing …
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Fiscal equity: Distributional impacts of taxation and social spending in Brazil
Silveira, Fernando Gaiger; Rezende, Fernando; Afonso, … - 2013
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Exploring the Philippine economic landscape and structural change using the input-output framework
Magtibay-Ramos, Nedelyn; Estrada, Gemma; Felipe, Jesus - 2010
This paper explores the degree of structural change of the Philippine economy using the inputoutput framework. It examines how linkages among economic sectors evolved over 1979-2000, and identifies which economic sectors exhibited the highest intersectoral linkages. We find that manufacturing is...
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Is foreign direct investment good for growth? Evidence from sectoral analysis of China and Vietnam
Gangnes, Byron; Noy, Ilan - 2007
We estimate the impact of FDI on growth using sectoral data for FDI inflows to China and Vietnam. Previous empirical studies, using either cross-country growth regressions or firm-level micro-econometric analysis, fail to reach a consensus. Our paper is the first to use sectoral FDI inflow data...
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Income distribution, technical change and the dynamics of international economic integration
Landesmann, Michael; Stehrer, Robert - 2005
This paper explores the features of a dynamic multisectoral model which focuses on the relationship between income distribution, growth and international specialization. The model is explored both for the steady-state properties and the transitory dynamics of integrated economies. Income...
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