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A New Look at Offshoring and Inequality: Specialization Versus Competition

Ekholm, Karolina; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

fact been bell-shaped. We argue that this bell-shaped evolution of wage inequality can be linked to globalization and a … rise in offshoring. To analyze the relationship between globalization, offshoring and relative wages, we develop a general … equilibrium model of trade and offshoring. This reveals that globalization and offshoring have two opposing effects on relative …

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Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income

Francois, Joseph; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We explore the relationship between import protection and the household distribution of income. We first develop a general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between tariffs, development level, and observed household...

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Globalization: A Woman’s Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap

Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention,little is known about its effect …

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Globalization, Roundaboutness and Relative Wages

Francois, Joseph; Grier, Kevin Blaine; Nelson, Douglas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North trade and linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Etiher-type division of labor model. Using this model we identify a formal relationship between international...

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Globalization, Industrial Policy and Clusters

Forslid, Rikard; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper analyses industrial policy in a high wage open economy hosting an agglomeration consisting of vertically linked upstream and downstream firms. We show that optimal policy towards upstream industries typically differ from the optimal policy towards downstream industries....

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