Gravity model explanations of trade volumes frequently include dummy variables to account for the commonality of … first language or English as a second language (Crystal, 1997) as an indicator of the ease with which trade with the United … bilateral trade with 33 countries to determine the effect of the degree of language commonality on bilateral trade. Both English …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

This paper analyzes immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor mobility. In our … model, legal immigration of skilled labor is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms … in response to market conditions and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces …

The effects of policy interventions on women are of increasing concern to policy makers in all fields, and trade is no … exception. This note reviews recent World Bank projects and studies that "gender inform" trade-related interventions, and it … uses the Bank's experience to promote gender-equal opportunities by highlighting entry points at which trade projects …

With increasing sophistication, economists have been estimating gravity equations for five decades. Robust evidence … shows that borders and distance impede trade by much more than tariffs or transports costs can explain. We therefore …

This chapter focuses on the estimation and interpretation of gravity equations for bilateral trade. This necessarily …

different approaches available to the LDCs and their partners in improving their developmental prospects through enhanced trade …. The monograph starts with the presentation of trade related data of the 14 LDCs in Asia and the Pacific and the linkage … between trade and economic development. Then the problematique of market access is analyzed, followed by a study of the …

preferential trade agreements from the perspective of the LDCs. An econometric exercise using an extended version of ARTNeT gravity …This chapter studies interlinkages and interaction between the reciprocal trade liberalization through the WTO and …’ trade. …