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Pushed by poverty or by institutions? : determinants of global migration flows

Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

The existing literature on determinants of migration flows typically claims that income differences across countries should be a pushing factor for people's movement. We suggest that institutional quality is a better proxy for the factors that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in...

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International to domestic price transmission in fourteen developing countries during the 2007-08 food crisis

Baltzer, Kenneth - 2013

This paper synthesizes the evidence on price transmission from international maize, rice and wheat markets to domestic markets in fourteen developing countries during the global food crisis in 2007-08. A great variation in the price transmission patterns is observed; from almost no price...

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How strong do global commodity prices influence domestic food prices in developing countries? : a global price transmission and vulnerability mapping analysis

Kalkuhl, Matthias - 2014

This paper analyzes the transmission from global commodity to domestic food prices for a large set of countries. First, a theoretical model is developed to explain price transmission for different trade regimes. Drawing from the competitive storage model under rational expectations, it is shown...

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Thoughts on how trade, and WTO rules, can contribute to the post-2015 development agenda

Roberts, Michael - 2014 - Manuscript date: 13 June 2014

In September 2015, Heads of State and Government will gather in New York to agree the post-2015 development agenda. The role that trade will play in this agenda is neither clear, nor agreed. Yet an open, non-discriminatory, rules-based multilateral trading system underpins sustainable...

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International labor mobility and child work in developing countries

De Paoli, Anna; Mendola, Mariapia - 2014

This paper investigates the labor market effect of international migration on child work in countries of origin. We use an original cross-country survey dataset, which combines information on international migration with detailed individual-level data on child labor at age 5-14 in a wide range...

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Firm performance and trade with low-income countries : evidence from China

Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Wang, Luhang - 2014

evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm-productivity: i) only the most productive firms … export to low-income countries, ii) exporting to low-income countries is mostly coupled to exporting to high-income countries …, and iii) firms that switch to export to markets with higher potential are younger than firms that switch to export to both …

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Participation of developing countries in global value chains : implications for trade and traderelated policies

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; … - 2015

Although global value chains (GVCs) are often considered a defining feature of the current wave of globalisation, little is known about: i) what drives GVC participation; ii) what the benefits associated to growing participation are; or iii) how developing countries engage and benefit from GVCs....

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The Value of Making Commitments Externally : Evidence from WTO Accessions

Tang, Man-Keung - 2011

This paper studies the value of external commitment to policy reforms in the case of WTO/GATT accessions. The accessions often entail reforms that go beyond narrowly defined trade liberalization, and have to overcome fierce resistance in the acceding countries, as reflected in protracted...

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Estimating the Constraints to Trade of Developing Countries

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2011

The severity of binding constraints to trade expansion in developing countries and the importance of the complementary policies that will maximize the impact of trade reforms on trade and economic growth are identified and quantified in this report. As trade-related needs of developing countries...

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Foreign Aid, Illegal Immigration, and Host Country Welfare

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2012

This paper analyzes the effect of foreign aid on illegal immigration and host country welfare using a general equilibrium model. We show that foreign aid may worsen the recipient nation's terms of trade. Furthermore, it may also raise illegal immigration, if the terms of trade effect on...

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