Productivity, demand and the home market effect

The causality between international trade and industrialization is still ambiguous. We consider a model of international trade with the Home Market Effect - with differences in income and productivity between sectors and between countries - in order to identify additional channels for determining the effects of international trade on industrialization. Introducing non-homothetic preferences and differences in productivity aids in the interpretation of any apparent paradoxes within international trade, such as the commercial relations between more populated countries like China and India and large economies such as the U.S. Population size, demand composition and productivity levels constitute the three main channels for determining the effects of international trade. Interactions among these channels define the results obtained in terms of industrialization, while welfare levels are always higher in relation to autarky.

The impact of education and host language skills on the labor market outcomes of immigrants in Spain. 'El impacto de la educación y las habilidades en lengua española en los resultados de la inserción laboral de los inmigrantes en España'.

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Highly recommended. Teacher's book : English for the hotel and catering industry.

Curso diseñado específicamente para los alumnos que trabajarán en hoteles y restaurantes, donde se necesita el inglés para comunicarse. Proporciona un lenguaje profesional para tratar con clientes y colegas ,en una variedad de situaciones relacionadas con el trabajo. El libro del profesor contiene notas útiles para la enseñanza de cada unidad, revisiones, sugerencias y respuestas a los ejercicios. El curso completo consta de libro del estudiante, cuaderno de trabajo, libro del profesor y material de escucha.

Be my Guest : English for the Hotel Industry.

Be My Guest es un curso para empleados de servicios de hoteles de niveles elemental e intermedio que necesitan inglés para su trabajo. El libro contiene situaciones comunicativas diarias, para que así los empleados del hotel puedan entender y responder a las necesidades y peticiones de los invitados del hotel durante su estancia. El libro reúne las necesidades del siguiente personal: Recepcionista, portero, persona del bar, camarera, ama de llaves, encargada de las habitaciones, conserje, portero, aprendiz de la gerencia.

Be My Guest : English for the Hotel Industry.

Be My Guest es un curso para empleados de servicios de hoteles de niveles elemental e intermedio que necesitan inglés para su trabajo. El libro contiene situaciones comunicativas diarias, para que así los empleados del hotel puedan entender y responder a las necesidades y peticiones de los invitados del hotel durante su estancia. El libro reúne las necesidades del siguiente personal: Recepcionista, portero, persona del bar, camarera, ama de llaves, encargada de las habitaciones, conserje, portero, aprendiz de la gerencia.

Pre-empting technical barriers in the Single Market. CEPS Policy Brief No. 277, 11 July 2012

Effective enforcement and compliance with EU law is not just a legal necessity, it is also of economic interest since the potential of the Single Market will be fully exploited. Enforcement barriers generate unjustified costs and hindrances or uncertainty for cross-border business and might deprive consumers from receiving the full benefit of greater choice and/or cheaper offers. The EU has developed several types of enforcement efforts (preventive initiatives, pre-infringement initiatives and formal infringement procedures). More recently, the emphasis has been placed on effective prevention. This CEPS Policy Brief analyses the functioning of one preventive mechanism (the 98/34 Directive) and assesses its potential to detect and prevent technical or other barriers in the course of the last 25 years. Based on an empirical approach, it shows that this amazing mechanism has successfully prevented thousands of new technical barriers from arising in the internal goods market.