NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL James J. Heckman
... by allocating more resources for education and training to poorer regions. Many Chinese object to freeing up labor market incentives. Opening the labor market might risk some increase in inequality in wages at least in the current generation. However, this policy produces the right incentives for p ...
... by allocating more resources for education and training to poorer regions. Many Chinese object to freeing up labor market incentives. Opening the labor market might risk some increase in inequality in wages at least in the current generation. However, this policy produces the right incentives for p ...
The Effects of External and Internal Shocks on Total Factor Productivity
... More recently, Jones and Olken (2008) estimated structural breaks for income growth rates and employ growth accounting technique to investigate what occurs during various transitions. Their analysis suggests that changes in the rate of factor accumulation explain relatively little about the growth r ...
... More recently, Jones and Olken (2008) estimated structural breaks for income growth rates and employ growth accounting technique to investigate what occurs during various transitions. Their analysis suggests that changes in the rate of factor accumulation explain relatively little about the growth r ...
Creative Destruction
... employment change at the establishment level from one period to the next. Using these definitions, they concluded that over ten per cent of the jobs that exist at any point in time did not exist a year before or will not exist a year later. That is, over ten per cent of existing jobs are destroyed e ...
... employment change at the establishment level from one period to the next. Using these definitions, they concluded that over ten per cent of the jobs that exist at any point in time did not exist a year before or will not exist a year later. That is, over ten per cent of existing jobs are destroyed e ...
Trade and Development: Is South-South Co
... benefits of free trade, the importance of substituting large world markets for narrow domestic markets, the distorting price and cost effects of protection and the tremendous success of the East Asian exportoriented economies of South-Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong’(Todaro, 1992:370). Howeve ...
... benefits of free trade, the importance of substituting large world markets for narrow domestic markets, the distorting price and cost effects of protection and the tremendous success of the East Asian exportoriented economies of South-Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong’(Todaro, 1992:370). Howeve ...
Augusto de la Torre-Presentation- Competition and economic growth
... Note: The graph at the top displays the ratio between the number of documents for export in LAC and that of the U. S. The graph at the bottom (left) displays the ratio between the cost for export (US$ per container) in LAC and that of the U.S. The graph at the bottom (right) displays the ratio betwe ...
... Note: The graph at the top displays the ratio between the number of documents for export in LAC and that of the U. S. The graph at the bottom (left) displays the ratio between the cost for export (US$ per container) in LAC and that of the U.S. The graph at the bottom (right) displays the ratio betwe ...
Towards A New Global Reserve System
... Convention in 1992, and it is generally thought that as much as $100 to $200 billion a year are required. Yet, especially after the crisis, as national debts have soared in most of the developed countries, finding the money appears increasingly difficult. Newly created reserves can help fund “global ...
... Convention in 1992, and it is generally thought that as much as $100 to $200 billion a year are required. Yet, especially after the crisis, as national debts have soared in most of the developed countries, finding the money appears increasingly difficult. Newly created reserves can help fund “global ...
Interrogating Globalization and Culture in Anthropological Perspective
... course of its history India has witnessed a unique cultural synthesis in spite of its incredible diversities. As a result, the structure of Indian society is very complex. The contemporary Indian society and its social and cultural organization is the outcome of interaction between multiple traditio ...
... course of its history India has witnessed a unique cultural synthesis in spite of its incredible diversities. As a result, the structure of Indian society is very complex. The contemporary Indian society and its social and cultural organization is the outcome of interaction between multiple traditio ...
Ricardian Theory of International Trade
... The exchange rate influences the international trade E.G. If 1 pound = $1, in UK Pw=$1 and Pc=$0.5 No trade happens in Wheat from US to UK, and UK would export more cloth to US. Trade would be unbalanced in favor of the UK, and the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound would have to rise. E ...
... The exchange rate influences the international trade E.G. If 1 pound = $1, in UK Pw=$1 and Pc=$0.5 No trade happens in Wheat from US to UK, and UK would export more cloth to US. Trade would be unbalanced in favor of the UK, and the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound would have to rise. E ...
INTERNAITONAL
... high degree of economic interdependence that characterizes today’s economies. Economic interdependence includes international trade and international finance. The chapter also focuses on the United States as an open economy. Data are provided that show U.S. exports as a percent of gross domestic pro ...
... high degree of economic interdependence that characterizes today’s economies. Economic interdependence includes international trade and international finance. The chapter also focuses on the United States as an open economy. Data are provided that show U.S. exports as a percent of gross domestic pro ...
Session 3: Trade as an engine of growth, by Witada Anukoonwattaka
... Why do countries trade – more modern views: exploiting advantages of Global Value Chains and Trading in Tasks ...
... Why do countries trade – more modern views: exploiting advantages of Global Value Chains and Trading in Tasks ...
The Global Financial Crisis: Impact on Asia and Policy Challenges Ahead
... The global financial crisis is an important reminder to all countries that structural reforms in the real economy are inevitable. Many economies in Asia did well in pursuing institutional, banking, and corporate sector reforms following the Asian crisis. In the aftermath of the global financial cris ...
... The global financial crisis is an important reminder to all countries that structural reforms in the real economy are inevitable. Many economies in Asia did well in pursuing institutional, banking, and corporate sector reforms following the Asian crisis. In the aftermath of the global financial cris ...
Unequal Resources - Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education
... and needs of the first and second countries? (The wants and needs of the third country can be characterized as basic to human survival while the wants and needs of the other two countries can be characterized as more than the minimal amount needed for human survival.) How would you describe the diff ...
... and needs of the first and second countries? (The wants and needs of the third country can be characterized as basic to human survival while the wants and needs of the other two countries can be characterized as more than the minimal amount needed for human survival.) How would you describe the diff ...
Journal of Globalization and Development
... Convention in 1992, and it is generally thought that as much as $100 to $200 billion a year are required. Yet, especially after the crisis, as national debts have soared in most of the developed countries, finding the money appears increasingly difficult. Newly created reserves can help fund “global ...
... Convention in 1992, and it is generally thought that as much as $100 to $200 billion a year are required. Yet, especially after the crisis, as national debts have soared in most of the developed countries, finding the money appears increasingly difficult. Newly created reserves can help fund “global ...
8 - of Planning Commission
... economic situation through the World Economic Outlook, the Global Financial Stability Reports, and more recently through the Fiscal Monitor, but these do not involve discussion of individual country policies in the context of what other country policies might be. The need for multilateral consultati ...
... economic situation through the World Economic Outlook, the Global Financial Stability Reports, and more recently through the Fiscal Monitor, but these do not involve discussion of individual country policies in the context of what other country policies might be. The need for multilateral consultati ...
Chapter 33 International trade and commercial policy
... • This policy fulfils the principle of targeting – which says that the most efficient way to attain a given objective is to use a policy that influences that activity directly. – Policies that attain the objective, but also influence other activities are second-best, because they distort those other ...
... • This policy fulfils the principle of targeting – which says that the most efficient way to attain a given objective is to use a policy that influences that activity directly. – Policies that attain the objective, but also influence other activities are second-best, because they distort those other ...
Trade Developments in Latin America and the Caribbean
... The United States and China are key trading partners for many countries in LAC. The United States is an important trading partner for South America as it imports oil from Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia, and manufactured goods from Peru, Chile and Brazil. China is also an important export destinatio ...
... The United States and China are key trading partners for many countries in LAC. The United States is an important trading partner for South America as it imports oil from Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia, and manufactured goods from Peru, Chile and Brazil. China is also an important export destinatio ...
Human Disease - Unintended Globalization
... the accelerated interconnectedness that modern globalization entails is ideal for microbial selfpreservation because it increases opportunities to find new hosts. In transitioning from hunting and gathering to animal husbandry and agricultural practices, the changes in our “behavior toward the envir ...
... the accelerated interconnectedness that modern globalization entails is ideal for microbial selfpreservation because it increases opportunities to find new hosts. In transitioning from hunting and gathering to animal husbandry and agricultural practices, the changes in our “behavior toward the envir ...
Dynamic Gains from North American Free Trade in an Equilibrium
... macroaggregates, while savings, investment, and the balance of trade are more variable than output. Regarding the coefficients of correlation with GDP, consumption, savings and investment are procyclical, while the trade balance and real net foreign interest payments are countercyclical or almost un ...
... macroaggregates, while savings, investment, and the balance of trade are more variable than output. Regarding the coefficients of correlation with GDP, consumption, savings and investment are procyclical, while the trade balance and real net foreign interest payments are countercyclical or almost un ...
Atomic Dog Publishing, Inc.
... economic development, which is commonly measured through gross domestic product (GDP). They also look at the other country’s infrastructure (the physical facilities that support the country’s economic activities). The exchange rate (the ratio at which one nation’s currency can be exchanged for anoth ...
... economic development, which is commonly measured through gross domestic product (GDP). They also look at the other country’s infrastructure (the physical facilities that support the country’s economic activities). The exchange rate (the ratio at which one nation’s currency can be exchanged for anoth ...
Background - Center for North American Studies
... higher profits, increased their operations, and increased employment of foreign labor and the usage of intermediate textiles. The largest apparel producers in the region were ...
... higher profits, increased their operations, and increased employment of foreign labor and the usage of intermediate textiles. The largest apparel producers in the region were ...
Borensztein Joshua
... developing country exports, although for some particular goods, a few exporters account for most of the supply. In fact, the evolution of the terms of trade of the group of fifteen heavily indebted countries appears to reflect quite strongly the debt problems faced by them since 1982, as suggested ...
... developing country exports, although for some particular goods, a few exporters account for most of the supply. In fact, the evolution of the terms of trade of the group of fifteen heavily indebted countries appears to reflect quite strongly the debt problems faced by them since 1982, as suggested ...
The Impact of Chinese Investment and Trade on Nigeria Economic
... embark on outward oriented trade policies. Expectations are that following Nigeria’s obligations and commitments in these trade agreements, that tariffs will reduce drastically as required by the World Trade Organization (WTO) protocols and in compliance with regional trade agreements. The large maj ...
... embark on outward oriented trade policies. Expectations are that following Nigeria’s obligations and commitments in these trade agreements, that tariffs will reduce drastically as required by the World Trade Organization (WTO) protocols and in compliance with regional trade agreements. The large maj ...
Improving Regional Trade to Support Pakistan`s Economic Growth
... Fortunately, the Government of Pakistan has recognized these problems and the value of regional linkages. It has taken some steps in the right direction but a more holistic approach is needed. Bilateral trade with India is being normalized gradually. In 2010, Pakistan also joined the Central Asia Re ...
... Fortunately, the Government of Pakistan has recognized these problems and the value of regional linkages. It has taken some steps in the right direction but a more holistic approach is needed. Bilateral trade with India is being normalized gradually. In 2010, Pakistan also joined the Central Asia Re ...
Department of Economics Working Paper Series Davidson on
... the challenges posed by international trade and financial flows for the formulation of economic policy in the national interest, and accordingly he frequently addressed “open economy” issues in both his theoretical and policy writings. As Davidson (2007, p. 118) writes, many believe that Keynes’s Ge ...
... the challenges posed by international trade and financial flows for the formulation of economic policy in the national interest, and accordingly he frequently addressed “open economy” issues in both his theoretical and policy writings. As Davidson (2007, p. 118) writes, many believe that Keynes’s Ge ...