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Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries
Conte, Andrea; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762149
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Globalization of the automobile industry : Traditional locations under pressure?
Spatz, Julius - 2002
-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern and Central Europe. In addition, the automobile industries of Germany …, Japan and the United States engaged in outsourcing of relatively labor intensive segments of the value chain, especially on … differed considerably between Germany, Japan and the United States. Economic restructuring was least pronounced in the US …
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Ökonomische Effekte eines "Brexit" auf die deutsche und europäische Wirtschaft : aktualisierte Einschätzung im Lichte aktueller Entwicklungen : Studie im Auftrag von Bundesminister...
Flach, Lisandra; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Langhammer, Rolf J.; … - Ifo Zentrum für Außenwirtschaft; Institut für … - 2020
Diese Studie befasst sich mit der Quantifizierung der ökonomischen Auswirkungen des Austritts des Vereinigten Königreichs (VK) aus der Europäischen Union (EU) ("Brexit") auf die deutsche und europäische Wirtschaft. Seit dem Brexit-Referendum vom 23. Juni 2016 herrscht über die Zukunft der...
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Lieferketten in der Zeit nach Corona : Kurzgutachten im Auftrag der IMPULS Stiftung : Endbericht
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft - 2020
der internationalen Arbeitsteilung getragen. Erschwert Deutschland in Reaktion auf die Coronakrise die Kooperation mit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487674
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Labor Market Effects of Trade and FDI: Recent Advances and Research Gaps
Pflüger, Michael P.; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777153
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693834
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The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States
Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959703
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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Skill-Biased Technological Change and Skill-Enhancing Trade in Turkey: Evidence from Longitudinal Microdata
Srour, Ilina; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the causes of skill-based employment differentials within the Turkish manufacturing sector over the period 1980-2001. Turkey is taken as an example of a developing economy that, in that period, had been technologically advancing and becoming increasingly integrated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635589
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Trade Openness and the Demand for Skills: Evidence from Turkish Microdata
Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm-level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic panel data setting using a unique database of 17,462 firms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703567