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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
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Population dynamics and economic growth: Should we adopt different frameworks for poor and rich countries?
Brezis, Elise S. - 2011
From the canonical model of Becker onward, models of population dynamics have been based on assumptions which fit the family structure of developed countries. The aim of this paper is to develop a framework that fits the family structure of poor countries. The building blocks of the model...
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015
We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household...
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Recession and child labor: A theoretical analysis
Chowdhury, Sahana Roy - 2013
Child labor (CL) has been a major concern for the developing world, especially for India with its goal towards 'inclusive growth'. However, impact (or vulnerabilities) of major domestic or external spillovers (policy related or recessionary shocks) on child labor market, in contrary to other...
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Offshoring Along the Production Chain
Harms, Philipp; Lorz, Oliver; Urban, Dieter - 2009
Recent contributions on offshoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate steps which can be ranked according to the cost savings from producing abroad. We replace this assumption by the notion of a technologically determined sequence of production steps....
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Globalization and developing countries - a shrinking tax base?
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of globalization on tax bases of countries at varying stages of development. We see … globalization as a process that induces countries to embrace greater trade and financial integration. This in turn should shift …
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Globalization and migration: A "unified brain drain" model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2012
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to …
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Low-Wage Import Competition, Inflationary Pressure, and Industry Dynamics in Europe
Auer, Raphael; Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M. - 2011
What is the impact of import competition from low-wage countries (LWCs) on inflationary pressure in Europe? This paper examines whether labor-intensive exports from emerging Europe, Asia, and other global regions have a uniform impact on producer prices in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and the...
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Does globalization create superstars?
Gersbach, Hans; Schmutzler, Armin - 2007
To examine the impact of globalization on managerial compensation, we consider a matching model where a number of firms … compete both in the product market and in the managerial market. We show that globalization, i.e. the simultaneous integration …
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Globalization and developing countries - a shrinking tax base?
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of globalization on the tax bases of countries at varying stages of development. We see … globalization as a process that induces countries to embrace greater trade and financial integration, and macro stabilization. This …" taxes. We confirm the robustness of the main results to IV methodology, where trade globalization is inferred from applying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285297