I use data from the World Input-Output Database and show that trade in information technologies (IT) has a significant contribution to growth foreign intermediate goods 2001–2014 period. China strongly contributed rise IT become one of major suppliers IT. merge these with EU KLEMS database Labour Force Survey obtain dataset 12 European countries 2001–2007 imports are associated lower prices cou...

This paper examines the trade resilience of low-income and food-deficit countries (LIFDCs) during COVID-19 pandemic. Since pandemic declaration, LIFDCs have faced unique challenges due to their heavy reliance on food imports. identifies differential effects lockdowns agri-food exports using a dynamic treatment model monthly product-level data. The baseline results show sharp decrease in first t...

The relationship between economic openness and welfare policies has become increasingly important to policy makers. While scholars have tended to examine conditions under which budgets for social welfare programs ebb and flow along with countries’ exposure to trade, they have overlooked how governments may compensate domestic labor by subsidizing their employers. To explicitly address the issue...

Employment and unemployment in the Central East European countries are a major concern in the process of integration of those countries into the European Union. Hence, the proposal of policies for employment is a controversial issue. The existence of opposing conceptual frameworks is the main cause of this divergence. Since the debate is still open and no definite conclusions have yet been reac...

IMMIGRATION AND TRADE-particularly with less developed countries (LDCs)-have become more significant to the U.S. economy since the 1960s than they were earlier in the postwar period. The number of immigrants relative to native-born workers has risen; an increasing proportion of immigrants come from less developed countries; and a disproportionate number of immigrants have relatively little scho...

We use survey data for 139,517 individuals in 26 European Countries, 2002-2011, to estimate the relationship between subjective well-being (SWB) and production shares of various types of electricity generation. The estimated relationships are taken to represent preference relationships over attributes of electricity supply systems (costs, safety, environmental friendliness etc.). Controlling fo...

IMMIGRATION AND TRADE-particularly with less developed countries (LDCs)-have become more significant to the U.S. economy since the 1960s than they were earlier in the postwar period. The number of immigrants relative to native-born workers has risen; an increasing proportion of immigrants come from less developed countries; and a disproportionate number of immigrants have relatively little scho...

OBJECTIVE To describe geographical differences and time trends in the supply of the most important food components of the traditional Mediterranean diet. DESIGN Food supply data collected from national food balance sheets for the period 1961-2001. SETTING Selected Mediterranean countries: Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. RESULTS Differences of almost 30-...