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Global taxation and national welfare states
Jha, Priyaranjan; Mukherjee, Rahul - 2023
This paper studies the effects of globalization on the ability of governments to generate tax revenues for the … size and factor abundance. It then draws on existing empirical evidence to outline the effects of globalization on capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306784
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Shipping inside the box : containerization and trade
Coşar, A. Kerem; Demir, Banu - 2017
We quantify the effect of container technology on transport costs and trade by estimating the modal choice between … containerization and breakbulk shipping using micro-level trade data. The model is motivated by novel facts that relate container usage … trade increase since its inception: a quantitative exercise suggests that Turkish and U.S. maritime exports would have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597265
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Religion in economic history : a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229328
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Did austerity cause Brexit?
Fetzer, Thiemo - 2018
Did austerity cause Brexit? This paper shows that the rise of popular support for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), as the single most important correlate of the subsequent Leave vote in the 2016 European Union (EU) referendum, along with broader measures of political dissatisfaction, are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877825
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Globally engaged firms in the Covid-19 crisis
Constantinescu, Cristina; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; … - 2022
This paper analyzes the initial impact and recovery of globally engaged firms from the COVID-19 crisis. It uses rich survey data of nearly 65,000 firm-year observations in 45 countries spanning three waves of data collection. The findings are organized in a series of stylized facts, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013183698
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Populism and the skill-content of globalization : evidence from the last 60 years
Docquier, Frédéric; Guichard, Lucas; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2022
We analyze the long-run evolution of populism and explore the role of globalization in shaping such evolution. We use … investigate the ”global” determinants of populism, we look at trade and immigration jointly and consider their size as well as … globalization shocks in a way which is closely linked to the skill structure of these shocks. Imports of low-skill labor intensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013440433
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Moral universalism : global evidence
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Enke, Benjamin; Tungodden, Bertil - 2022
This paper presents novel stylized facts about the global variation in universalism, leveraging nationally representative surveys across 60 countries (N=64,000). We find large variation in universalism within and across countries, which almost entirely reflects heterogeneity in people's moral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013457672
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EU enlargement, migration, and lessons from German unification
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999
The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later reversed. As the migration pattern chosen by market forces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781677
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Welfare migration : is the net fiscal burden a good measure of its economic impact on the welfare of the native-born population? : comment on Munich Economic Summit, June 2004
Razin, Asaf; Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 2004
Migration of young workers (as distinct from retirees), even when driven in by the generosity of the welfare state, slows down the trend of increasing dependency ratio. But, even though low-skill migration improves the dependency ratio, it nevertheless burdens the welfare state. Recent studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450740
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Social union, convergence and migration
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Ochel, Wolfgang - 2003
The forces of the market and systems competition bring about economic and social convergence in Europe. There is no need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of economic convergence. National welfare states will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507973