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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
Liberalisation and technological developments have led to the fragmentation of production and the emergence of the concept of global value chains. This has ushered in the role of services for linking the production network, resulting in a greater composition of services in the value of tradable....
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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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Functional specialisation and working conditions in Europe
Stöllinger, Roman; Leitner, Sandra M.; Zavarska, Zuzana - 2023
effect of relative functional specialisation on wages and non-wage working conditions. In line with the GVC literature … functional specialisation patterns on wages in EU member states at the industry level across time. While relative functional … specialisation in fabrication tends to hold back wages, functional specialisation in R&D has a positive effect on wage progression …
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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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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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Patterns in global value chains integration, technology and employment structures in Europe : country and sectoral evidence
Bontadini, Filippo; Evangelista, Rinaldo; Meliciani, … - 2021
), the ‘quality’ of such integration in terms of technological capabilities and the structure of employment in European … countries and sectors. We study employment shares in fabrication and headquarter occupations in terms of functional … specialisation and employment upgrading, making two specific contributions. First, we explicitly account for pre-existing asymmetries …
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India-Korea CEPA : harnes sing the potential in services
Taneja, Nisha; Nagpal, Neetika Kaushal; Ray, Saon - 2014
Under India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, both India and Korea have offered trade liberalisation commitments in services. This paper examines the CEPA with the objective of identifying potential areas for harnessing services trade between the two countries. Using the...
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On the effects of reducing the government's role in the labour market: a stylished model for Egypt with some numerical policy examples
Risager, Ole; Yang, Chang-Po - 1999
This paper analyzes the consequences of pursuing a less activist Government employment stabilization policy strategy in … with an introduction of mild but binding firing regulations in the private sector may lead to a rise in total employment …
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Moral costs, the informal sector and unemployment
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
in the formal or in the informal sector. We analyse the impact of higher punishment fees and a higher audit rate on wages …
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