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Decomposing China's Export Growth into Extensive Margin, Export Quality and Quantity Effects
Gao, Yue; Whalley, John; Ren, Yonglei - CESifo - 2013
This paper decomposes the growth of China’s export into three parts: growth in the extensive margin, increased quantity … and increased prices; we perform a series of empirical analyses using China’s export data at HS-6 digit to analyze the … characteristics of China’s export growth. From 1995 to 2010, China’s export growth was mainly driven by quantity growth with a …
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China's Outward FDI: An Industry-level Analysis of Host Country Determinants
Amighini, Alessia; Rabellotti, Roberta; Sanfilippo, Marco - CESifo - 2011
We provide an empirical analysis of host country determinants of Chinese outward FDI for the period 2003 to 2008, using data disaggregated by country and industry. We want to assess the relevance of market-seeking, resource-seeking and strategic asset seeking motivations suggested by the theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391727
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The Collapse Speed of China's Exports in the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
Jing, Ran - CESifo - 2011
This paper studies the performance of China’s exports during the 2008—2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at … which China’s exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320783
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Does China Still Have a Labor Cost Advantage?
Ceglowski, Janet; Golub, Stephen - CESifo - 2011
In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China’s cost … advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China’s relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998 …-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China’s unit labor costs fell, but since 2003 they have increased both absolutely and relative to US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323303
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation: Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi
Auer, Raphael A. - CESifo - 2012
This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535633
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Globalization: A Woman's Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap
Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; … - CESifo - 2015
While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its effect on the gender wage gap (GWG). This study argues that there is a systematic difference in the GWG between exporting firms and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257669
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The Multinational Wage Premium and Wage Dynamics
Orefice, Gianluca; Sly, Nicholas; Toubal, Farid - CESifo - 2015
Using detailed administrative data linking French firms and workers over the years 2002-2007, we document a distinct U-shaped pattern in worker-level wages surrounding the time their employer is acquired by a foreign firm, with a dip in earnings observed for several years before domestic firms...
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Gravity Estimation of the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Trade: An Alternative Procedure with Alternative Data
Flam, Harry; Nordström, Hakan - CESifo - 2011
Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008) derive gravity equations to estimate effects of trade barriers on the intensive and extensive margins of trade. They exploit the frequency of zeros in aggregate bilateral trade data to identify effects on the extensive margin and to obtain controls for firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872216
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Migration and Trade
Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; Nelson, Douglas R. - CESifo - 2011
Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024841
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A Model of Trade with Ricardian Comparative Advantage and Intra-sectoral Firm Heterogeneity
Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Qi, Han Steffan - CESifo - 2011
In this paper, we merge the heterogenous firm trade model of Melitz (2003) with the Ricardian model of Dornbusch, Fisher and Samuelson (DFS 1977) to explain how the pattern of international specialization and trade is determined by the interaction of comparative advantage, economies of scale,...
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