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Trading Population for Productivity : Theory and Evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2008
This research argues that the differential effect of international trade on the demand for human capital across countries has been a major determinant of the distribution of income and population across the globe. In developed countries the gains from trade have been directed towards investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220825
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Trading population for productivity : theory and evidence
Galor, Oded (contributor); Mountford, Andrew (contributor) - 2008
This research argues that the differential effect of international trade on the demand for human capital across countries has been a major determinant of the distribution of income and population across the globe. In developed countries the gains from trade have been directed towards investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728408
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Trading population for productivity
Galor, Oded (contributor); Mountford, Andrew (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002644588
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Trading population for productivity : theory and evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003669771
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Trading population for productivity : theory and evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - In: The review of economic studies 75 (2008) 4, pp. 1143-1179
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Transportation costs and the great divergence
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2014
This work shows the asymmetric effect of the reduction in transportation costs across different sectors in the process of the Great Divergence. Specifically, the analysis indicates that reductions in transportation costs of industrial goods enhance convergence of the growth rates of trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347039
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Margins, gravity, and causality : export diversification and income levels reconsidered
Mau, Karsten - 2014
The paper shows that the relationship between GDP per capita and levels of specialization can be predicted differently depending on whether the intensive or the extensive margin is considered. It shows that at the extensive margin countries continuously diversify their exports and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382160
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Migration policy, African population growth and global inequality
Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - 2014
According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382705
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Global Justice and Trade : A Puzzling Omission
Tesón, Fernando R. - 2014
Economists generally agree that free trade leads to economic growth. This proposition is supported both by theoretical models and empirical data. Further, while the empirical evidence is more limited on this question, the general consensus among economists holds that trade restrictions are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709251
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Margins, Gravity, and Causality : Export Diversification and Income Levels Reconsidered
Mau, Karsten - 2015
The paper shows that the relationship between GDP per capita and levels of specialization can be predicted differently depending on whether the intensive or the extensive margin is considered. It shows that at the extensive margin countries continuously diversify their exports and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035961