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The effect of interventions to reduce fertility on economic growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Weil, David N.; Wilde, Joshua - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital accumulation, parental time input into child-rearing, and crowding of fixed...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322726
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336067
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430088
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315582
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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287852
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336056
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Review of "Emerging Markets Resilience and Growth Amid Global Turmoil by M. Ayhan Kose and Eswar S. Prasad"
Bora Durdu, C. - 2011
Emerging Markets Resilience and Growth amid Global Turmoil provides an excellent contribution to the literature. The book covers a variety of important topics on emerging market economies and offers invaluable information for a wide range of audience; from academics to policy makers as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500174
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An Open Services Regime Recipe for Jobless Growth?
Karmakar, Suparna - 2008
Development economists' disfavour with services as a viable engine of growth has been expressed both through theoretical and empirical analysis. One of the stylized facts of development economics is that share of services in employment increases only with the rise in per capita incomes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807616