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How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations

Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L’Esprit des Lois, argued, “peace is...

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R&D and Employment: Some Evidence from European Microdata

Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

unique longitudinal database covering 677 European manufacturing and service firms over the period 1990-2008. The main …. However, the positive and significant impact of R&D expenditures on employment is detectable in services and high …-tech manufacturing but absent in the more traditional manufacturing sectors. This means that we should not expect positive employment …

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Southern African Economic Integration: Evidence from an Augmented Gravity Model

Warin, Thierry; Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Tengia, Optat; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing

Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …

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The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and Evidence from Colombia

Kugler, Maurice; Verhoogen, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

uniquely rich and representative data on the unit values of outputs and inputs of Colombian manufacturing plants, we then …

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Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation: Cause or Effect?

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, Wilhelm - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for...

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China's High Saving Puzzle

Ma, Guonan; Yang, Dennis T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyzes the causes of rising savings rates for the corporate, government, and household sectors, which have jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the Chinese economy are also explored.

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Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Dinlersoz, Emin; Greenwood, Jeremy; Hyatt, Henry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...

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Multinationals and Plant Exit: Evidence from Chile

Alvarez, Roberto; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and plant exit in Chile. We investigate three main questions: are affiliates of foreign multinationals more likely to exit than domestic firms? Does the exit probability of multinationals depend on its export orientation?, and Does...

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