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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

How do offshoring and immigration affect the employment of native workers? What kinds of jobs suffer, or benefit, most … looked at the effects of offshoring and immigration separately, we argue that one can gain useful insights by jointly …. Third, we use the model to draw systematic predictions about the effects of immigration and offshoring on native workers and …

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The Italian firms between crisis and the new globalization

Accetturo, Antonio; Giunta, Anna; Rossi, Salvatore - Banca d'Italia - 2011

This paper analyzes the characteristics of Italian firms involved in global value chains (ï¿½intermediateï¿½ firms) by using the Bank of Italy survey on industrial companies. Intermediate firms show, on average, worse features than ï¿½finalï¿½ firms: smaller size, lower share of...

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The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization

Bloom, Nick; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Reenen, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

Guided by theories of management by exception, we study the impact of Information and Communication Technology on worker and plant manager autonomy and on span of control. We find, using an original dataset of American and European manufacturing firms, that better information technologies...

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In brief - New technology: who wins, who loses?

Reenen, John Van; Bloom, Nicholas; Garicano, Luis; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

Technology has transformed the once powerful office of ambassador into a glorified sales position, while nurses, teaching assistants and medical technicians all benefit from the ICT revolution. According to an empirical study by Professor John Van Reenen and colleagues, these contrasting...

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