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Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance
Andersen, Torben M.; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2006
. Wages, employment and welfare increase as a result of further product market integration. It is interesting to note that the …
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The labor market worsening effects of a resource bust : evidence from the crude oil price shock in Ecuador
Parra-Cely, Sergio; Zanoni López, Wladimir - 2022
To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in Ecuador. To account for propagation mechanisms, we also test the causal effect of the oil price bust...
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Creating Jobs in India's Organised Manufacturing Sector
Kapoor, Radhicka - 2014
output and employment in this sector. We find that there are heterogeneities in the performance of the manufacturing sector … decade partly explains the limited contribution of the manufacturing sector to employment generation. At the state level, we … find that states with more inflexible labour regulations have witnessed slower growth in employment and output in …
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Factors influencing Indian manufacturing firms' decision to hire contract labour
Singh, Jaivir; Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; … - 2017
finding, however, pertains to the 'skills' variable. We find that firms with a higher employment of unskilled workers are more …
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The double dividend hypothesis of environmental taxes : a survey
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
polluting consumption goods can reap a second dividend in the form of an employment dividend and discuss the welfare …
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India-Myanmar border trade
Taneja, Nisha; Tin Htoo Naing; Joshi, Sanjana; Singh, … - 2019
As India seeks to strengthen trade, investment and other forms of economic cooperation with ASEAN, Myanmar is an essential strategic partner, since it is the only ASEAN nation with which India shares both land and maritime borders. As a "gateway" to South East Asia, Myanmar is also vital in...
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Globalization, product differentiation and wage inequality
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - 2010
This paper develops a two-country, general equilibrium model of oligopoly in which the degree of horizontal product differentiation is endogenously determined by firms strategic investments in product innovation. Consumers seek variety and product innovation is more skill intensive than...
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Awards are career catalysts for young talents in highly competitive job markets
Bünning, Florian; Chan, Ben; Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; … - 2021 - This version: January 01, 2021
Despite the potential importance of awards as a possible career catalyst, the theoretical and empirical research on awards is still in its infancy. Here, we address this notable shortcoming in the economic literature by exploring data from German youth football. Analyzing whether an early career...
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A theory of economic unions : a comment
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2019
Gino Gancia, Giacomo Ponzetto and Jaume Ventura have written an extremely interesting paper on a topic that is very timely for the global economy. In this article, I will first argue that GPV have succeeded in formalizing their hypothesis, and that while providing very suggestive analytical...
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The impact of the EAEU-Iran preferential trade agreement
Adarov, Amat; Ghodsi, Mahdi - 2020
The preferential trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran on mutual trade entered into force in October 2019. In this report we estimate its expected impact at aggregate and sectoral levels using the gravity model of trade based on the global sample of bilateral trade...
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