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International Fragmentation and Relative Wages in the UK

Hijzen, Alexander; Görg, Holger; Hine, Robert C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper re-examines the trade-based explanation of increased wage inequality in developed countries by focusing on …

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International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom

Hijzen, Alexander; Görg, Holger; Hine, Robert C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for manufacturing...

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Winners and Losers: Fragmentation, Trade and Wages Revisited

Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Our paper investigates the link between outsourcing and wages utilising a large household panel and combining it with industry level information on industries’ outsourcing activities from input-output tables. By doing so we can arguably overcome the potential endogeneity bias as well as other...

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Economic Integration, Sectoral Diversification, and Exchange Rate Policy in a Developing Economy

Srour, Gabriel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The paper develops a simple three-sector model of a developing country with nominal wage rigidity, in which one sector is thought of as the primary sector and the other two are sectors in which the country can diversify. The paper then analyzes the relationship between the market structure of...

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Quantifying the Impact of Tradeon Wages; The Role of Nontraded Goods

Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper uses an applied general equilbrium model to decompose the effects of changes in trade and technology …-related variables on wages of skilled and unskilled labor between 1982 and 1996 in the United States. The results indicate that trade …-related variables (tariff cuts, improvement in the terms of trade, and the increase in the trade deficit) had little impact on the …

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