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Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Chancen. Um sie bestmöglich zu nutzen, brauchen Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik ein neues Denken und Handeln, das die … angesichts von Demografie, Globalisierung und Technologiefortschritt nicht ihren eigenen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg aufs Spiel …

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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?

Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special attention to the role of occupational restructuring as a conveying mechanism. Using linked employer-employee data, we find that offshoring involves job destruction, especially...

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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap

Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...

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Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany

Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

foreign countries; rather, results point in the direction of more general features of corporate globalization. …

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Trade and Labor Reallocation with Heterogeneous Enforcement of Labor Regulations

Almeida, Rita K.; Poole, Jennifer P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper revisits the question of how trade openness affects labor market outcomes in a developing country setting. We explore the fact that plants face varying degrees of exposure to global markets and to the enforcement of labor market regulations, and rely on Brazil's currency crisis in...

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Globalization, Institutions, and the Ethnic Divide: Recent Longitudinal Evidence

Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic … cleavages in society (Hegre et al, 2003; Bhagwati, 2004; Mousseau and Mousseau, 2008; Dreher et al, 2008). …

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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China

Dammert, Ana C.; Ural Marchand, Beyza; Wan, Chi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …

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How Do Trade and Financial Integration Affect the Relationship between Growth and Volatility?

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S.; Terrones, Marco E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

the context of globalization – a term typically used to describe the phenomenon of growing international trade and …

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Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model …

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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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