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Exports, unemployment and the welfare state
Janeba, Eckhard - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2007
cannot easily switch industries and wages are inflexible in the short run, globalization tends to increase unemployment. In …The paper analyzes the labor market effects of globalization when foreign market entry is costly and risky. With … this situation, government unemployment benefits reduce the wages that exporting firm's need to pay workers as risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200297
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Trade and the Crisis; Protect or Recover
Saito, Mika; Henn, Christian; Gregory, Rob; McDonald, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
. Looking ahead, however, in 2010 sustained high unemployment, uneven growth, and an unwinding of government stimulus measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245865
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Cyclical Patterns in Government Health Expenditures Between 1995 and 2010
Velenyi, Edit V.; Smitz, Marc F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The 2008-09 global economic crises have shown that no country is immune to external challenges. When policy controls are missing or not used efficiently, crises can reverse progress even in advanced economies. This unexpected outcome has increased concerns about the ability of governments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829327
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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005106885
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Globalization: A Woman’s Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap
Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention,little is known about its effect … and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to higher competition, exporters require greater commitment and … men, exporters will statistically discriminate against female employees and will exhibit a higher GWG than non-exporters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196036
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Globalization: A Woman's Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap
Javorcik, Beata; Boler, Esther Ann; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen … - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2015
While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its … firms and non-exporters.  By the virtue of being exposed to higher competition, exporters require greater commitment and … men, exporters will statistically discriminate against female employees and will exhibit a higher GWG than non-exporters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196720
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Globalization: A Woman's Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap
Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; … - CESifo - 2015
While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its … firms and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to higher competition, exporters require greater commitment and … men, exporters will statistically discriminate against female employees and will exhibit a higher GWG than non-exporters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257669
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The Influence of Macroeconomic Conditions and Institutional Quality on National Levels of Life Satisfaction
Walsh, Brendan - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2012
pronounced. The adverse effect of higher unemployment on life satisfaction is partially offset by the positive impact of lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010534881
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Examining the Impact of Macro-Economic Conditions on Income Inequality
Jäntti, Markus; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703840
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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - eSocialSciences - 2010
improve its social security system and provide basic support for all of its people. The unemployment shock has caused rural … social security would not only mitigate unemployment shocks in the short term, but it would also guarantee individuals and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552009