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More open - better governed? : evidence from high- and low-income countries
Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2013
Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 … to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality …. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222926
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Trade and labour market outcomes : theory and evidence at the firm and worker levels
Aleman-Castilla, Benjamin - 2020
The literature on the impact of trade on labour market outcomes has experienced a remarkable evolution in recent decades. Theory has moved on from oversimplified to more comprehensive models that take into account previously disregarded characteristics of firms and of product and labour markets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301330
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Green and brown? : globalization and the environment
Boyce, James K. - 2004
Globalization - viewed as a process of economic integration that embraces governance as well as markets - could lead to … logic. Rather it will depend on how the opportunities created by globalization alter balances of power within countries and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527046
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Determinants of FDI in developing countries : Has globalization changed the rules of the game?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign … its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490677
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Migration and globalization : what's in it for developing countries?
Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
This paper reviews a growing literature on migration and globalization, focusing on its relevance for developing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518125
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Structural change and innovation in developing economies : a way out of the middle income trap?
Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509097
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Trade and inclusive growth
Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
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Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countries
Desai, Raj M.; Rudra, Nita - 2016
How do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor? Although the fraction of the world's population considered the 'extreme' poor has fallen by over one-half over the past quarter century, many of those lifted above the global poverty line remain vulnerable to shocks that could place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568203
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Globotics and development : when manufacturing is jobless and services are tradable
Baldwin, Richard E.; Forslid, Rikard - 2019
Globalization and robotics (globotics) are transforming the world economy at an explosive pace since they are driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137956
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794986