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Synchronized Factories: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Value Chains

Blyde, Juan S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the...

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Ethical and Economic Perspectives on Global Health Interventions

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Pogge, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Interventions that improve childhood health directly improve the quality of life and, in addition, have multiplier effects, producing sustained population and economic gains in poor countries. We suggest how contemporary global institutions shaping the development, pricing and distribution of...

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Why Ex(Im)porters Pay More: Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker Panels

Martins, Pedro S.; Opromolla, Luca David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a rich matched employer-employee data set. We improve on the previous literature (i) by using a new methodology to quantify the contribution of an extensive set of worker- and firm-level observable and...

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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms

Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The key dynamics of the transatlantic banking crisis are analyzed – with emphasis on the fact that the banking disaster of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU/OECD banking sector are highlighted. Most important,...

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Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses survey data on employment immigrants in Australia and the United States to identify the main determinants of the size and skill composition of employment immigrants to developed countries. Our approach emphasizes the key roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our...

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Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States

Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity – country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion – among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the...

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The Crisis, Policy Reactions and Attitudes to Globalization and Jobs

Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

to employment. We also examine a number of questions about the impact of globalization that respondents across many …

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Workers' Views of the Impact of Trade on Jobs

Brown, Clair; Lane, Julia; Sturgeon, Timothy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Although public policy is influenced by the perception that workers worry about the impact of trade on their jobs, there is little empirical evidence on what shapes such views. This paper uses new data to examine how workers’ perceptions of the impact of trade are related to their career...

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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We …

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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D: An Introduction Based on the European Experience

Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …

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