We analyze whether landlocked regions are systematically poorer, using panel data for 1,527 regions in 83 nations from 1950-2014 and...

This paper investigates the persistence of self-employment in the districts of Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave, between 1925 and 2010....

Multinational Enterprises and Host Country Development is a unique collection of papers looking at different aspects of the link...

KBW 6: This study analyzes to what extent the rising share of foreign value added in exports and various factors of non-price...

KBW 12: The trend decline of productivity growth in Germany is not due to a single cause but is the result of the interplay of...

Over recent years the phenomenon of international outsourcing has provoked a considerable amount of public concern and anxiety....

We exploit employment data from 10,528 parishes across nineteenth century England and Wales and find that a one standard deviation...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets,...

While popular opinion often pictures FDI flowing in search of lowest-wage, lowest- skilled activities in emerging markets, actual FDI...

This volume brings together research papers dealing with the causes and consequences of offshoring. The first part considers causes...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets,...

Achieving environmentally and socially sustainable economic growth is a major challenge faced by the G20 countries. One avenue to...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 95: Since January 2014 China and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating a comprehensive bilateral...

The growth performance of the Chinese economy has been very strong over the last decade, even in the time of the current financial...

Temporary contracts have become an important mode of employment in many countries. We investigate the impact of offshoring on...

The Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan in March 2011 caused a fundamental change in Germany's energy policy which led to the...

This paper investigates the impact of FDI on population health using panel data for up to 179 countries over the period from 1980 to...

This paper explores the role of private label trade intermediation in shaping the range and diversity of exports and imports. Whereas...

This paper shows that across multiple generations, the persistence of occupational and educational attainment in Germany is larger...