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The debate on the risks and benefits of the globalisation of international capital markets has focused on the volume and the volatility of the main capital flows ? foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank lending. Financial transfers in the form of worker...
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The globalization of capital and product markets has many implications for economic welfare. Countries can specialize in the production of goods for which they have comparative advantages, and capital is allocated more efficiently. However, one potentially adverse effect of globalization is the...
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world population over the period 1800-2016. The analysis is carried out for the original series, and also for its log …
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This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
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Network (IBRN), established in 2012, brings together researchers from around the world with access to micro-data on individual …
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Network, established in 2012, brings together researchers from around the world with access to micro-level data on individual …
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area sovereign debt crises. We find that macro and default-specific world factors are a primary source of default …
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