There have been a number of scholarly works investigating the energy-pollutant-human
development nexus, however, they have failed to fully investigate the simultaneous effects of …

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 …

What is the relationship between globalization and poverty? Develo** economies have
long turned to international trade and finance as a solution for development, yet 35% of the …

This paper proposes and estimates three novel higher education indices for 31 Chinese
provinces: i) the Chinese Higher Education Density Index (CHEDI) to analyze the evolution …

This paper investigates the evolution of human capital in China for 31 provinces over the
period of 1985–2016 from a club convergence perspective. Per capita human capital stocks …

The purpose of this study is to undertake a comparative study of higher education indices in
China and between the 31 administrative divisions of China with the international evaluation …

This paper investigates the effects of educational levels–as a proxy for labour quality–on
benefits reaped from economic integration by applying Arellano–Bond dynamic panel GMM …

Does foreign aid impede or catalyze human development in South and South-East Asia post-
1990s? We argue that foreign aid impacts human development negatively in the region …

Improving the quality of export products is critical for promoting economic development,
including for the achievement of sustainable development goals. The present study has …

The present article has examined the effect of the duration of the membership in the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and/or the World Trade Organization (WTO)(and not …