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When materials offshoring is measured by estimating imported intermediate inputs, a common assumption used is that an … the 3-digit I-O industry level, there is a correlation of 0.68 between the offshoring shares made with and without the …
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multi-product firms, offshoring, intra-firm trade and firm export market dynamics …
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the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … reforms were not prompted by changes in health status or by changes in the employment circumstances of older workers. We find …
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relative to non-exporters. Employment, shipments and capital intensity are all higher at exporters at any given moment. This … exporters. The benefits of exporting for the firm are less clear. Employment" growth and the probability of survival are both …
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' employment from the Census Bureau's business register to examine wholesalers and retailers in U.S. exports and imports. Exporters … and importers with 100 percent employment in wholesale and retail differ from pure "producer and consumer" trading firms … along a number of dimensions: they are smaller in terms of employment, trade value and domestic sales, operate fewer U …
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Recent research in international trade emphasizes the importance of firms' extensive margins for understanding overall patterns of trade as well as how firms respond to specific events such as trade liberalization. In this paper, we use detailed U.S. trade statistics to provide a broad overview...
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The pension landscape in the U.S. has changed dramatically over the past 25 years. Saving through personal retirement accounts has become the principal form of retirement saving. We document the transition from a defined benefit system to a personal account system and show the effect it has had...
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import from related parties, dominate U.S. trade flows and employment at trading firms. We also find that firms that begin … trading between 1993 and 2000 experience especially rapid employment growth and are a major force in overall job creation …
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from 1977 to 1997. Both employment and output growth are slower for plants that face higher levels of low wage import …
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