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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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Isolation and Development

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric...

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2008 Lawrence R. Klein Lecture -- Comparative Economic Development: Insights from Unified Growth Theory

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...

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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, 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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