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Five essays on international trade, factor flows, and the gains from globalization
Heiland, Inga - 2017
This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...
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Education, Migration and Source Community Incomes in Rural China
Karpestam, Peter - 2011
permanently (rural-rural migrants). This can help to answer a set of three related questions: 1) Does household welfare in rural … that migration yields no additional payoffs. However, there is no evidence that households benefit from higher education if … migration is only temporary. Altogether, this signals positive payoffs of educational expenses to rural households but …
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Education, Migration and Source Community Incomes in Rural China
Karpestam, Peter - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2011
permanently (rural-rural migrants). This can help to answer a set of three related questions: 1) Does household welfare in rural … that migration yields no additional payoffs. However, there is no evidence that households benefit from higher education if … migration is only temporary. Altogether, this signals positive payoffs of educational expenses to rural households but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799781
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EU-African Economic Relations: Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2008
Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulnerable to external shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293533
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EU-African Economic Relations : Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2008
Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulnerable to external shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216847
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EU-African Economic Relations : Continuing Dominance Traded for Aid?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2012
Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulnerable to external shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167026
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EU-African Economic Relations: Continuing Dominance Traded for Aid?
Kohnert, Dirk - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2008
Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulnerable to external shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688737
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EU-African Economic Relations: Continuing Dominance, Traded for Aid?
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Af-rica (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed countries remain vulner-able to external shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790348
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The Impact of Economic Geography on Wages: Disentangling the Channels of Influence
Hering, Laura; Poncet, Sandra - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2008
This paper evaluates the role of economic geography in explaining regional wages in China. It investigates the extent to which market proximity can explain the evolution of wages, and through which channels. We construct a complete indicator of market access at the provincial level from data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062876
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Who gains and who loses from China’s growth?
Cheptea, Angela - Laboratoire Études et Recherches Économiques … - 2012
Emerging countries have been winning large market shares since the early 1990s. Among these, China stands out with the most remarkable performance: it almost tripled its world market share becoming a leading exporter, second only to EU 27. Products exported by China incorporate, however, a large...
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