presented. The key finding is that both preservice education and in-service training are positively correlated with labor …

methodologies of estimation commonly used in the labor share literature and propose a new measurement. We then compile a global … dataset of the labor income share across 151 economies - both developing and developed - for all or part of the period 1970 … economies and variability over time. Specifically, there has been a general decline in the labor share around the world, in …

Free trade agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia in recent years. As of December 2008, eight bilateral FTAs … pressing issue for Japanese firms because Japanese firms have expanded overseas, particularly into the rest of Asia, which has … contributed to the formation of production networks in East Asia. There have been numerous ex ante studies on the impacts of FTAs …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …

poverty reduction - in Asia. In exploring this relationship, this study goes beyond defining poverty by the income or … evidence that manufacturing growth has had a bearing on the inclusiveness of growth, especially in Southeast Asia in recent …

With the global economy still in recession, two important questions arise for Asia: how soon will the recession end … Asia in order to shed light on these issues. Several important stylized facts emerge from this study: (i) recessions … norm, suggesting that the current recession could have been even costlier and more drawn out had Asia's banks not entered …

agreements is of paramount importance given the phenomenal economic performance of Asia. Against this backdrop this paper tries … to describe the nature and extent of developmental and growth asymmetries in Asia. Some conceptual aspects of growth … to some other prominent regions of the world. The paper finds some evidence of growth divergence among East Asia Summit …