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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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Feasible Globalizations

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The nation-state system, democratic politics, and full economic integration are mutually incompatible. Of the three, at most two can be had together. The Bretton Woods/GATT regime was successful because its architects subjugated international economic integration to the needs and demands of...

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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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Who Needs the Nation State?

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

optimal. An intermediate outcome, a world divided into diverse polities, is the best that we can do. …

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How to Save Globalization from its Cheerleaders

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The new conventional wisdom on globalization emphasizes that reaping the benefits of trade and financial integration is … continue to pose an important constraint on the world economy. In reality, lack of openness is no longer the binding constraint … alike. An alternative approach to globalization would focus on enhancing policy space rather than market access, and on …

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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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