Fereshteh Jafarnejad; Khashayar Seyed Shokri; Marjan Damankeshide
Volume 7, Issue 5 , May 2020, , Pages 243-266
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The present study explores the mechanism of trade effects despite the foreign exchange fluctuations and oil shocks on women's job opportunities in the periods of the recession and prosperity in the country using the Markov-switching Regime ARCH Model during 1984-2016. According to the results of the ...
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The present study explores the mechanism of trade effects despite the foreign exchange fluctuations and oil shocks on women's job opportunities in the periods of the recession and prosperity in the country using the Markov-switching Regime ARCH Model during 1984-2016. According to the results of the model estimation, Commercial freedom has a negative impact on women's job opportunities during the recession, which means that government spending in this period is mostly spent on imports. Foreign exchange rate fluctuations have a negative impact on women's job opportunities during the recession and with negative oil shocks, foreign exchange earnings are declined, and government spending is dedicated to import to cope up with inflation and this leads to the reduction of job opportunities and women’s employment. This has led to reduced job opportunities and reduced employment for women. Also, the impact of international trade variables, economic growth rate and positive oil shock on women's employment during the prosperity period is significant, which means that in a country with high trade openness, women's employment will also improve and there will be more job opportunities for women, which can help the country's employment. Therefore, government and private support for women's employment, self-employment, women's entrepreneurship and international trade opportunities can be a positive driver of women's employment growth.
Rezvan Torabi; Mahmoud Eshraghi; Elham Nagheli
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 56-65
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Providing stable conditions in various sectors of economy is one of the most important factors that is required for moving toward sustainable growth and holistic development in a country. One of the major prerequisites of economic stability and exiting the economic crises is financial stability. In economic ...
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Providing stable conditions in various sectors of economy is one of the most important factors that is required for moving toward sustainable growth and holistic development in a country. One of the major prerequisites of economic stability and exiting the economic crises is financial stability. In economic literature, it is always emphasized on establishment of stability and sustainable growth via financial development. However, financial development requires financial tools such as an efficient banking system whose efficiency is possible through competitiveness and financial liberalization. The present study explores financial stability and economic performance in OPEC countries during the time period 2000-2013. It is applicable from objective aspect and descriptive-analytical from methodological aspect. It explores the relationship between financial sector and economic performance using the generalized method of moments (GMM) following Creel et al. (2014). The results disclosed that the effect of independent variable of financial stability on the dependent variable of economic performance (economic growth) in OPEC countries is positive and significant. This showed that increasing of financial stability and departing from financial crises decreases the investment risk and it is increased when transaction costs, production, and economic growth are increased in these countries. Likewise, the results demonstrated that the effect of the independent variable of financial liberalization on the dependent variable of economic performance (economic growth) in OPEC countries is positive and significant. This indicated that increasing of financial liberalization and improvement of financial transactions among countries will decrease the investment risk and it is increased when transaction costs, production, and economic growth are increased.
Monireh Dizaji; Arash Ketabforoush Badri
Volume 1, Issue 1 , August 2014, , Pages 1-14
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This paper investigates the relationship between trade and regional income inequalities in the period 2001-2010 using panel data for 18 selected developing countries. The results show that trade has a significant and negative effect on regional income inequalities, so that an increase of 1 percent of ...
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This paper investigates the relationship between trade and regional income inequalities in the period 2001-2010 using panel data for 18 selected developing countries. The results show that trade has a significant and negative effect on regional income inequalities, so that an increase of 1 percent of its value, regional income inequalities 0.09 percent decrease. Also, GDP per capita has a negative impact on regional income inequalities in studied countries. However, the population and agriculture value added have a positiveeffect on regional income inequalities. It can be said that a 1 percent increase in the variables, respectively, regional income inequalities 0.16 and 0.21 increased.
