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A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the …
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diversification of the export sector. The latter, in turn, has been influenced by capital accumulation and economic growth. The growth … brought about by export expansion and its interaction with saving and investment …
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direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export and import data. Although the issue is still far from …
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This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates … how successfully migrants integrate in 13 European countries by applying a unified framework to analyze a rich micro … impact of education acquired domestically and abroad in determining migrants' subsequent employment prospects. The analysis …
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. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge …-histories of International Math Olympiad (IMO) medalists, we show that migrants to the U.S. are up to six times more productive … than migrants to other countries—even after accounting for talent during one’s teenage years. Third, financing costs are a …
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The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
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There has been little systematic empirical study on the relationship between remittances and growth. This paper attempts to examine this relationship. Using a newly constructed cross-country of data series for remittances covering a large sample of developing countries, we relate the interaction...
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This paper examines the policy challenges a country faces when it wants to both reduce inflation and maintain a sustainable external position. Mundell's (1962) policy assignment framework suggests that these two goals may be mutually incompatible unless monetary and fiscal policies are properly...
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China and Australia have increasingly strong links, especially through trade. These are driven by demand from China for Australian commodities (coal and iron ore) and services (tourism and education). These links are influenced by China's transition to a services-driven, consumer-led economy....
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Emerging economies are characterized by higher consumption and real wage variability relative to output and a strongly countercyclical current account. A real business cycle model of a small open economy that embeds a Mortensen-Pissarides type of search-matching frictions and countercyclical...
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