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Seasonal migration and networks : evidence on Moldova's labour exodus.
Görlich, Dennis; Trebesch, Christoph - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2008
Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520279
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Distributional effects of FDI: How the interaction of FDI and economic policy affects poor households in Bolivia.
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Schweickert, Rainer; Wiebelt, Manfred - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2006
This paper provides a computable general equilibrium analysis of the medium to long-run impact of FDI inflows on poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. However, the income distribution typically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670527
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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development: Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - eSocialSciences - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528100
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Openness and economic growth in developing countries.
Gundlach, Erich - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1997
Openness appears to have a strong impact on economic growth especially in DCs, which typically exhibit a high share of physical capital in factor income and a low share of labor. In the neoclassical growth model with partial capital mobility, physical capital?s share in factor income determines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520100
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Multinational companies and wage inequality in the host country: the case of Ireland.
Figini, Paolo; Görg, Holger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520116
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A reappraisal of the inflation-unemployment tradeoff.
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2005
This paper offers a reappraisal of the inflation-unemployment tradeoff, based on ?frictional growth,? describing the interplay between nominal frictions and money growth. When the money supply grows in the presence of price inertia (due to staggered wage contracts with time discounting), the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520206
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia.
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520285
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Human capital and economic development : a macroeconomic assessment.
Gundlach, Erich - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008575588
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Regional competitiveness in Poland: Creating an index
Bronisz, Urszula; Heijman, Wim; Miszczuk, Andrzej - In: Review of Regional Research 28 (2008) 2, pp. 133-143
versucht, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Regionen Polens mit einem zusammenfassenden Index zu messen, der dem Ansatz des Huggin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010994626
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IUPA: a tool for the evaluation of the general usefulness of practices for adaptation to climate change and variability
Debels, P.; Szlafsztein, C.; Aldunce, P.; Neri, C.; … - In: Natural Hazards 50 (2009) 2, pp. 211-233
A prototype multi-purpose index is proposed for use in the evaluation of practices for adaptation to climate … variability and change. The Index of Usefulness of Practices for Adaptation (IUPA) allows the user to assign weights and scores to … a set of user-defined evaluation criteria. Individual criterion scores are aggregated into a final index value. Both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010995919