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The East German Wage Structure after Transition We extend the literature on transition economies’ wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure in East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The pa...

We use a linked employer-employee data set from Germany to estimate the wage effect of foreignaffiliates in (the former) East and West Germany. In addition, the wage effects of the large number of West German affiliates which are located in East Germany are also considered. The implemented techniques allow us to control both for workerand plant-level unobserved components of earnings. We find l...

Using a global general equilibrium trade model, the paper assesses the long-term implications of global rebalancing for Asian economies and explores the benefits of ChinaJapan-US integration. The analysis suggests that consumption evaporation and growth slowdown in the US and the consequent its current account correction would force China, Japan and other East Asian economies to undergo substan...

1 Middle East Technical University Department of Mechanical Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 2 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 3 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Turkey [email protected] 4 Middle East Technical University Department of Electrica...

For the past few years, regionalism has been progressing in East Asia with the likes of China, Japan, and Korea (CJK) as the most prominent actors. Unfortunately, with the absence of trade arrangement amongst the CJK, the present regional trade scheme is not sufficient to reach sustainability. This paper uncovers the inefficient scheme through Engle-Granger Cointegration and Error Correction Me...

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Th e rapid economic rise of China, India, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) could have several eff ects on regional peace and global security. Th e power transition perspective overstates the risk of confl ict that results from convergence between dominant and challenger states. Rapid changes in economic and military capabilities can, however, have negative consequences for...

A legitimate state uses violence to enforce contractual agreements within its territory. Criminal organizations may enforce transactions that are legally restricted or banned, or otherwise ignored by the legitimate state. In this sense, criminal organizations may also function as states. Legitimate states may be threatened by violent rebellions. I model how legitimate states and rebellions may ...

background: to determine the prevalence of outpatient and hospitalization for cataract surgery in iran. methods: a random cluster sampling was done in a cross-sectional study on cataract surgeries performed in treatment centers of ophthalmology in iran between 2000 and 2005. one week of each season was selected randomly and all cataract surgery files of the center were studied. this study repor...