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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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Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets

Autor, David; Hanson, Gordon; Dorn, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...

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The Incentive Effect of IT: Randomized Evidence from Credit Committees

Schoar, Antoinette; Paravisini, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We distinguish the impact of information technology adoption on information processing costs and agency costs by conducting a randomized control trial with a bank that adopts a new credit-scoring tool. The availability of scores significantly increases credit committees' effort and output on...

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Trade and Tasks: An Exploration over Three Decades in Germany

Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. …

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One Ring to Rule Them All? Globalization of Knowledge and Knowledge Creation

Freeman, Richard B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

This paper directs attention at the globalization of knowledge and knowledge creation as the fundamental global driver of economic outcomes in today's information economy. It documents the globalization of knowledge and spread of scientific research from advanced to developing countries and...

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The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies

Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Caliendo, Lorenzo; Monte, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We use a comprehensive dataset of French manufacturing firms to study their internal organization. We first divide the employees of each firm into `layers' using occupational categories. Layers are hierarchical in that the typical worker in a higher layer earns more, and the typical firm...

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Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico

Atkin, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

This paper presents empirical evidence that the growth of export manufacturing in Mexico during a period of major trade reforms, the years 1986-2000, altered the distribution of education. I use variation in the timing of factory openings across municipalities to show that school dropout...

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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and The Productivity of Suicide Bombers

Benmelech, Efraim; Berrebi, Claude - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

This paper studies the relation between human capital of suicide bombers and outcomes of their suicide attacks. We argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we should observe that more able suicide bombers are...

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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda

Agrawal, Ajay K.; Horton, John; Lacetera, Nicola; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Online contract labor globalizes traditionally local labor markets, with platforms that enable employers, most of whom are in high-income countries, to more easily outsource tasks to contractors, primarily located in low-income countries. This market is growing rapidly; we provide descriptive...

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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet

Akerman, Anders; Gaarder, Ingvil; Mogstad, Magne - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...

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