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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Why Is Old‐Age Poverty Still High Despite Welfare Expansion? Evidence From South Korea
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite substantial increases in welfare expenditure since the 2000s, Korea continues to exhibit the highest relative old‐age poverty rate among advanced economies, while absolute poverty remains a significant concern. This study applies both relative and absolute poverty thresholds and employs fixed‐effects ordered logistic regression using ...
Taiwon Ha
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Macroeconomic Fluctuation in Emerging Market Economies
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, we incorporate recent major external shocks to analyse fluctuations in emerging market economies. We use a Global Vector Autoregression (GVAR) model from January 1999 to October 2022, incorporating major industrialized and emerging economies.
Luccas Assis Attílio
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Exploring Heterogeneity in Equivalence Scales and Minimum Income Protection
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Korea's minimum income protection system has significantly expanded both its coverage and benefit levels. Moreover, the first‐ever universal benefit was introduced during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, improving an equivalence scale has received relatively little attention.
Taiwon Ha
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Geochemical analysis of five brooch types from the Lower Rhine area dated to the last century bc and first century ad is used to constrain resource use, exchange and mobility. Lead isotope ratios demonstrate an Iberian provenance for copper in bronze Late Iron Age brooches.
A. A. T. Ruiter +4 more
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Novel approaches for drug development against chronic primary pain: A systematic review
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Chronic primary pain (CPP) persisting for more than 3 months, associated with significant emotional distress without any known underlying cause, is an unmet medical need. Traditional or adjuvant analgesics do not provide satisfactory pain relief for a great proportion of these patients.
Valéria Tékus +5 more
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The need for a balanced perspective on tobacco cessation and taxation
Addiction, EarlyView.
Prabhat Jha +2 more
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Foreign ownership and transferring of gender norms
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we study foreign ownership as a vehicle for transferring gender norms across international borders. Using detailed matched employer‐employee data from Sweden, we analyze how the within‐firm gender pay gap is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors.
Daniel Halvarsson +2 more
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Idiosyncratic asset return and wage risk of US households
Economic Inquiry, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 636-657, April 2025.Abstract This paper documents the degree of idiosyncratic asset return heterogeneity, serial correlation, and correlation with wage heterogeneity for US households. Novel panel‐data measurements for returns on household assets are proposed. Sizable transitory idiosyncratic return heterogeneity is documented to exist concurrently with permanent ...
Stephen Snudden
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