Example research questions

The below are a selection of example research questions for which international macro data would be an invaluable resource:

• Do democracies pay higher wages?
• International comparative analyses of inter-industry wage differentials
• Labour markets and the East Asian financial crisis
• Micro-finance - does it work?
• Sex specific labour market indicators - what do they show?
• Minimum wage, poverty and employment; examining the gap between theoretical forecasts and empirical studies
• The UK and the Euro: Exchange rate stability but at what price?
• How does military spending affect economic growth?
• What socio-economic groups benefit most from current development policies?
• How do we measure sustainable development?
• Gender pay gaps in developed and developing countries
• Does debt forgiveness aid the poor?
• Evaluating the work of the IMF: does conditionality work?

To locate articles which have cited the macro international datasets included in ESDS International's data portfolio, please go to the Publications Database.

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