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The Role of Education in Determining Labor Market Outcomes in Urban China's Transitional Labor Markets.
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2002
enterprises shed redundant workers. This paper focuses on the role of education in determining labor market outcomes in China …
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2007
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
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The consequences of China's WTO accession on its neighbors
McKibbin, Warwick J; Woo, Wing Thye - 2003
competition increase as a result of China's recent accession to the World Trade Organization? Will Indonesia, Malaysia, the … model suggest that, beyond the underlying international repercussions generated by China's emergence into the international … economy, China's WTO accession per se is likely to generate additional substantial benefits for China and have little …
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Essays in Labor Markets, Education and Migration in Developing Countries.
Pugatch, Todd M. - 2011
This dissertation consists of three essays in labor and development economics. The first essay, “Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa,” quantifies the importance of the option to re-enroll in the school to work transition of South African youth. I estimate a structural...
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ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF INCOME INEQUALITY
Ozkan, Serdar - 2011
This thesis consists of three chapters, each of which focuses on different aspects of economic inequality.First, we investigate the differences in wage inequality between the United States and continental European countries (CEU). Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the US compared...
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International Trade Openness and Gender Gaps in Pakistani Labor Force Participation Rates Over 57 Years
Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R - 2011
The extent of openness to international trade may alter incentives differentially by gender for labor force participation, particularly in economies in which gender differentials in human capital investments such as schooling are large and in which norms about gender behaviors are strong. This...
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In the footsteps of the Silicon Valley? Indian and Irish software in the international division of labour
Arora, Ashish; Gambardella, Alfonso; Torrisi, Salvatore - 2001
This paper analyses the development of software in India and Ireland. The development patterns of the software industry in Ireland and India clearly show both the advantages and disadvantages of being a follower. The most obvious advantage is the ability to sustain growth without a broad based...
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L’IMPACT DU CAPITAL HUMAIN SUR LA PRODUCTIVITE AGRICOLE AU BURKINA FASO
Theophile, Kabore - 2010
Contributed Paper presented at the International Conference on Agriculture Of Ouagadougou (BURKINA FASO), December 4-6, 2010.
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DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – CASE OF SERBIA
Zubovic, Jovan; Domazet, Ivana; Stosic, Ivan - 2009
New trends in global economy require greater capacity of the agricultural workforce. In order improve agricultural productivity it is needed to increase the level of human capital of the agrarian population. Human capital is accumulatedknowledge, created in the long term process of human...
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Social Network Capital and Academic Careers
Medicamento, Umberto; Wilson, Paul; Rahman, Tauhidur; … - 2010
Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of AgricultureABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...
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