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Trade and Tasks: An Exploration over Three Decades in Germany
Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
imports but German sector-level outcomes exhibit some covariation consistent with faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084694
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Der Beitrag des IuK-Sektors zur Verbesserung der Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der inländischen Produktion und Beschäftigung
Faust, Konrad (contributor) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001389262
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Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational … enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated … not alter the direction of the relationship. We find offshoring to predict between 10 and 15 percent of observed changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964424
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Die Auswirkungen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit auf den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland
Vogler-Ludwig, Kurt; Schönherr, Siegfried; Taube, Markus; … - 1999
/oder negative Begleiteffekte auf den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland ausgehen. Obwohl die deutsche Entwicklungshilfe primär …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000684122
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Trade-in-goods and trade-in-tasks: An Integrating Framework
Baldwin, Richard; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
-way offshoring/trade-in-tasks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468674
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International Welfare and Employment Linkages Arising from Minimum Wages
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Markusen, James R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
workers at home and abroad. In an extension to our baseline model, we illustrate that offshoring production from the high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964417
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Organizations and Trade
Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...
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The Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality
Haskel, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We compare the trade and labour approaches to wage inequality. We first look at the theoretical differences, stressing the different roles ascribed to sector and factor bias, labour supply and the theory of technical change in trade models with endogenous prices. We then briefly review some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792416
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Globalization and Union Opposition to Technological Change
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Meland, Frode; Straume, Odd Rune - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We find that trade unions have a rational incentive to oppose the adoption of labour-saving technology when labour demand is inelastic and unions care much for employment relative to wages. Trade liberalization typically increases trade union technology opposition. These conclusions are reached...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123737
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Service Trade and Occupational Tasks: An Empirical Investigation
Ariu, Andrea; Mion, Giordano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Using micro data for Belgium we investigate the relationship between occupational tasks changes and the rise of service trade. We focus the analysis on the extensive margin and look at the heterogeneous proliferation of firms involved in exports and imports of services across sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084731