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that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses …
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In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...
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The purpose of this paper is to inform the contemporary policy debate on promoting trade among developing countries (South–South trade) by analyzing trade patterns of developing Asian economies from a comparative global perspective. The paper begins with a stage-setting historical overview of...
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core and the periphery of the global financial system. Drawing on in-depth analysis of eleven countries across Africa, Asia …, and Latin America, it shows how financial globalization generates strong reputational and competitive incentives for … the constraints and opportunities created by financial globalization …
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Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …
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This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from 1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender...
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This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...
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: 1) globalization is a process of continuing integration of the countries of the world that is beneficial, inevitable and …This paper examines the impacts of globalization on small countries, covering the main features of globalization, the … irreversible. No any country can afford to remain isolated from the world economy. 2) some of small countries might have higher …
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Geistige Eigentumsrechte gewinnen in Zuge der Globalisierung eine immer grössere Bedeutung. Neue Produktionstechniken …
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Die vorliegende Untersuchung widmet sich der Frage, wie in Zeiten großer globaler und wachsender inländischer sozialer Ungleichheiten Sozialpolitik in den OECD-Staaten möglich bleibt, zugleich aber auch in den Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern erst im vollen Sinne möglich wird. Da das...
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