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Outsourcing and Skill Imports: Foreign High-Skilled Workers on H-1B and L-1 Visas in the United States

Kirkegaard, Jacob Funk - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2005

This working paper looks in detail at the H-1B and L-1 visa programs for temporary employment in the United States. Based on official data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Department of State, H-1B and L-1 visa issuance rapidly increased in the late 1990s, followed by...

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American Multinationals and American Economic Interests: New Dimensions to an Old Debate

Moran, Theodore H. - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2009

The 2008 election rekindled debate about whether US multinationals shift technology across borders and relocate production in ways that might harm workers and communities at home. President Obama now pledges to end tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas. The preoccupation about the...

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To Offshore or Nearshore IT services? An investigation using transaction cost theory

Trampel, Julia - EconWPA - 2004

The phenomenon of offshoring, that is, the outsourcing of highly- qualified services into low wage countries was until … the controversial issue of the advantageousness of offshoring. The trend, which has been enforced by numerous consultants … validity. The following paper deals with the advantageousness of offshoring in the case of IT services. In order to detach …

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Tradable Services: Understanding the Scope and Impact of Services Outsourcing

Jensen, J. Bradford; Kletzer, Lori G. - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2005

We develop a new empirical approach to identify tradable service activities. Contrary to conventional views of service activities as nontradable, we find a significant number of service industries and occupations that appear tradable and substantial employment in these tradable activities....

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Foreign Direct Investment in Times of Crisis

Poulsen, Lauge Skovgaard; Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2011

This paper compares the current foreign direct investment (FDI) recession with FDI responses to past economic crises. The authors find that although developed country outflows have taken an equally big hit as major developed countries have after past crises, outflows seem to be bouncing back...

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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS

Helg, Rodolfo; Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; … - EconWPA - 2001

International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...

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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS

Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; Galeotti, Marzio; … - EconWPA - 2001

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INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OF EMERGING COUNTRIES: POTENTIAL RISK AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM

HERRERO, ALICIA GARCIA; HERRERO, SONSOLES GALLEGO; … - EconWPA - 2004

The purpose of this article is to assess how the changing operations of international banks in emerging countries in the last decades have altered the risks they face as well as their mitigation techniques. The recent expansion of the international banking business through the setup of branches...

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