This paper documents an unusual and possibly significant phenomenon: the export of skills, embodied in goods, services or capital from poorer to richer countries. The authors first present a set of stylized facts. Then, using a measure that combines the sophistication of a country’s exports with the average income level of destination countries, they show that the performance of a number of developing countries - notably China, Mexico and South Africa...
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INFORMACIÓN
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2009/09/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS5047
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Criss-crossing globalization : uphill flows of skill-intensive goods and foreign direct investment
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foreign direct investment data