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The Impact of Capital and Foreign Exchange Flowson the Competitiveness of Developing Countries
Kamar, Bassem; Bakardzhieva, Damyana; Naceur, Samy Ben; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on competitiveness, jeopardizing exports and growth. This paper investigates this dilemma by comparing the...
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The Elusive Gains From International Financial Integration
Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
from a take-off in domestic productivity of the magnitude observed in some of these countries. …
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PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT
BRUTON, H.J. - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 1989
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Soziale Ertragsraten und Verteilungseffekte des Humankapitals: internationale Evidenz.
Gundlach, Erich; Hemmer, Hans-Rimbert - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2003
Humankapital gilt gemeinhin als eine wesentliche Determinante von Wachstum und Entwicklung. Der empirischen Forschung fällt es derzeit allerdings nicht leicht, die quantitative Relevanz des Humankapitals für den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozess zu bestimmen. Neuere Studien bieten ein...
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Competencia laboral : sistemas, surgimiento y modelos
Mertens, Leonard - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1996
Analyses the characteristics of qualifications and evaluates their impact on the functioning of the labour market.
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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 … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the … substantially, which suggests a constant quality of schooling output. Hence we conclude that schooling productivity has declined …
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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...
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Introduction to the mechanical and electrical engineering sectors of new EU member states
Vieweg, Hans-Günther; Kuhlmann, Andreas; Bambullis, … - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This study was commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate General "Enterprise and Industry" and was completed at the end of 2005. The objective was to investigate the impact of the accession of new member states on the intra-European division of labour and on global competitiveness in...
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New theories of trade and the pattern of global specialisation.
Harris, R. G - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1989
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Global information processing : the emergence of software services and data entry jobs in selected developing countries.
S, Mitter; Pearson, R - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1992
Provides an overview on the effects of off-shore software and computer services and the internationalization of data entry work on the quantity and quality of White collar employment in developing countries, particularly in Brazil and India.
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