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The spatial sorting and matching of skills and firms

MION, Giordano; NATICCHIONI, Paolo - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006

attributed to aggregate proxies of agglomeration externalities. Our data further support the assortative matching hypothesis …, that is'good' workers match on the labor market with 'good' firms, and we further show that assortative matching is not … driven by a co-location of workers and firms of similar quality. Finally, we point out that this assortative matching is …

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Sustainable migration policies

PICARD, Pierre M.; WORRALL, Tim - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2011

This paper considers whether countries might mutually agree a policy of open borders, allowing free movement of workers across countries. For the countries to agree, the short run costs must outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...

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Agglomeration and Trade Revidited.

Orraviano, G.; Thisse, J.F. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1999

The purpose on this paper is twofold. First, we present an alternative model of agglomeration and trade that displays the main features of the recent economic geography literature while allowing for the derivation of analytical results by means of simple algebra. Second, we show how this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005478915

Productivity and firm selection: intra- vs international trade

CORCOS, Gregory; DEL GATTO, Massimo; MION, Giordano; … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2007

Recent theoretical models predict gains from international trade coming from intra-industry reallocations, due to a firm selection effect. In this paper we answer two related questions. First, what is the magnitude of this selection effect, and how does it compare to that of intra-national...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042861

Agglomeration and trade revisited

OTTAVIANO, Gianmarco; THISSE, Jacques-François - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1999

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we present an alternative model of agglomeration and trade that displays the main features of the recent economic geography literature while allowing for the derivation of analytical results by means of simple algebra. Second, we show how this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005043060

Trade integration, firm selection and the costs of non-Europe

DEL GATTO, Massimo; MION, Giordano; OTTAVIANO, … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006

In models with heterogeneous firms trade integration has a positive impact on aggregate productivity through the selection of the best firms as import competition drives the least productive ones out of the market. To quantify the impact of firm selection on productivity, we calibrate and...

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Industrial location : a synthesis of Chamberlin and Ricardo

PICARD, Pierre M.; ZENG, Dao-Zhi - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006

This paper investigates the joint impact of Chamberlinian monopolistic competition and Ricardian comparative advantages on the structure of trade and industries. We develop a trade model with several industries employing local factors. We then investigate the structure of trade and industries as...

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Taste heterogeneity, labor mobility and economic geography

TABUCHI, Takatoshi; THISSE, Jacques-François - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2001

This paper investigates the impact of the heterogeneity of the labor force on the spatial distribution of activities. This goal is achieved by applying the tools of discrete choice theory to an economic geography model. We show that taste heterogeneity acts as a strong dispersion force. We also...

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Agglomeration and welfare : the core-periphery model in the light of Bentham, Kaldor, and Rawls

CHARLOT, Sylvie; GAIGNÉ, Carl; ROBERT-NICOUD, Frédéric; … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2003

The objective of this paper is to apply different welfare approaches to the canonical model developed by Krugman, with the aim of comparing the only two possible market outcomes, i.e. agglomeration and dispersion. More precisely, we use the Pareto criterion, the compensation criteria put forward...

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Globalization and the evolution of the supply chain: who gains and who loses ?

FUJITA, Masahisa; THISSE, Jacques - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2003

This paper focuses on two distint facets of globalization: the decrease in the trade costs of goods and the decline of communication costs between headquarters and production facilities within firms. When the unskilled have about the same wage in the two regions, the decrease of these costs...

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