Papers by Jennifer Pedussel
Assessment and Measurement of Regional Integration
... Gender and development in a global/local world Edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai andKa... more ... Gender and development in a global/local world Edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai andKathleen Staudt 4 ... 215 MONICA BLAGESCU AND ROBERT LLOYD 12 Measuring the impact of regional organisations on peace building 232 RODRIGO TAVARES AND MICHAEL ...
Following the 1978 economic reforms, China gradually became first amongst developing countries an... more Following the 1978 economic reforms, China gradually became first amongst developing countries and the second in the world, after the USA, in terms of stock of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Sustained GDP growth, a high rate of capital return and brisk economic development made China one of the best destinations for foreign capital; however, the benefits of this spectacular growth have not been evenly distributed throughout the various Chinese regions. There are many low-income and poor economic performing provinces in China although poverty is mainly concentrated in the inland regions. Since the beginning of the 2000s, a series of policies have been designed and implemented by the Chinese government to encourage foreign company investment in central and western provinces to help decrease the regional inequality with limited successes. This paper uses Panel Least Squares method to empirically analyze the impact of industrial sector FDI on Chinese regional inequality during ...
Researchers have sought to understand whether international trade and international factor flows ... more Researchers have sought to understand whether international trade and international factor flows are substitutes or complements. Several recent papers demonstrate that either case is possible. This paper considers this relationship between trade and international factor flows in the context of a two period, specific factors model in which domestic labor is domestically and internationally immobile while outside labor (international labor) is internationally mobile, but becomes immobile once it locates domestically. This pattern of mobile and immobile labor fits broadly with the labor market reality of most major European economies. Preliminary analysis indicates that international labor flows exhibit both substitutability and complementarity with respect to trade flows. The real wage effects are similarly ambiguous. Therefore, we empirically implement the model to examine the relationship between migration flows and trade in a panel of EU member states and Accession countries. The equations specify inflows of international labor in relation to trade flows and industry characteristics. Source: SOPEMI (1999). Note: US and Canada: foreign born population as a percentage of total population (DeMelo, et al. 200?)
Trade and immigration: does it matter where immigrants work
Canadian Economics Association, 2005
... We also gratefully acknowledge the research assistance of Dominik Bach, Dorina Berxholi, and ... more ... We also gratefully acknowledge the research assistance of Dominik Bach, Dorina Berxholi, and Angelika Wyrwich of ZEI. Page 2. 1 ... sector specific, capital was explored by Jones, Neary, and Ruane (1983). The impetus for their model ...
This paper first explores the role of digital financial services, e.g. mobile money systems and c... more This paper first explores the role of digital financial services, e.g. mobile money systems and cryptocurrency-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances sending channels increase access to financial services for remittance-sending and remittance-receiving households. Africa, and in particularly Kenya, are pioneers in alternative money transfer systems and of tailor-made regulatory initiatives to address digital financial services. Thus, our paper focuses on the technologies of the Kenyan mobile money system, M-Pesa, and the major cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and based on that takes into account selected experiences of other Sub-Saharan African countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often superior in terms of service-related features as costs of transfers for sending and receiving households, speed of delivery, availabilit...
This short paper introduces a new database combining data on international trade, Foreign Direct ... more This short paper introduces a new database combining data on international trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and regional trade agreements. The bilateral data covers 1980-2010 and includes gravity model variables and is appropriate for empirical analysis in a wide variety of contexts.
This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food secur... more This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might affect the four dimensions of food security, availability, access, stability and utility. While coordination between SAFTA members has provided some positive food security attainment, institutional uncertainty and conflicts have prevented the full potential benefits from being reached.
Economic integration in a multicone world
Immigrant Specificity and the Relationship between Trade and Immigration: Theory and Evidence
... Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics. Auth... more ... Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics. Author Info. Harry P. Bowen () (McColl School of Business, Queens University of Charlotte) Jennifer Pedussel Wu () (Berlin School of Economics) Abstract. ...
The effect of immigration on an economy remains important. Prior work distinguishes immigrant hum... more The effect of immigration on an economy remains important. Prior work distinguishes immigrant human capital while ignoring the sectoral nature of immigrant employment. This paper investigates the impact of immigration on a nation's pattern of production and trade. We assume an economy producing three goods, one non-traded, with internationally immobile domestic labor and capital. Some immigrant labor is specific to the non-traded sector, reflecting two observations about immigrant employment: concentration in non-traded goods sectors and low inter-sectoral mobility. Our model indicates that immigration's effect on the output and trade pattern depends importantly on the sector and nature of immigrant employment. JEL classification: D5, F16, F22, J61, O15
Nearly 300 Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) have been notified since the founding of the WTO. Of t... more Nearly 300 Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) have been notified since the founding of the WTO. Of these RTAs, Free Trade Agreements account for nearly 90% of the total. Leading members of a region to trade more intensely among themselves is an observed characteristic of a successful RTA. This paper examines the importance of regional hegemons in the creation of successful RTAs. An empirical approach using cluster analysis to determine the importance of hegemon-centered regional integration arrangements is applied. The presence of a regional hegemon is found to be significant.
Review of International Economics, 2005
Risks that are associated with an uncertain trading world have been dealt with using two differen... more Risks that are associated with an uncertain trading world have been dealt with using two different techniques in the literature: defensive, or insurance approaches, and preventive, or self-protection approaches. Much of the earlier work centered on security issues but with the end of the Cold War attention turned toward preventive approaches. This paper argues that the incentive for loss prevention leads to some form of cooperative regional integration. Inclusion of uncertainty positively contributes to the overall customs union literature. The optimal level of integration, political or economic, is found and then simple comparative statics are used to discern the effects of some changes in the underlying parameters of the economy on that optimal level of integration. Multilateralism and regionalism are concluded to be complements.
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