We study economic globalization as a multidimensional process and investigate its effect on incomes. In a panel of 147 countries during 1970-2014, we apply a new instrumental variable, exploiting ...

Globalization revolutionized the world economy, its growth and development. It fueled innovation, technological development and the expansion of new means of communication and transportation. World ...

Until about 50 years ago, people paid attention to the area where they lived. They read local papers, shopped at local merchants, and socialized at local events. Technology ended all that. Now we get ...

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those ...

Is globalization a good or a bad thing? Does it benefit everybody or mainly the “banksters”? There have been many debates about globalization and inequalities, but what is the evidence? Global ...

“Just blaming economic globalization for the world’s problems is inconsistent with reality, and it will not help in solving the problems … We should adapt to and guide economic globalization, cushion ...

TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compete, developers of the leading SaaS platform for real-time compensation and benefits benchmarking, has announced that it will be partnering with (G-P), the ...

Prehistoric peasant farmers struggling to put more food on the table fueled the global spread of some of the world's first and most important domesticated grain crops beginning as early as 7,000 years ...