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Labor Market Effects of Trade and FDI: Recent Advances and Research Gaps
Pflüger, Michael P.; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777153
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The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States
Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959703
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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Skill-Biased Technological Change and Skill-Enhancing Trade in Turkey: Evidence from Longitudinal Microdata
Srour, Ilina; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores the causes of skill-based employment differentials within the Turkish manufacturing sector over the period 1980-2001. Turkey is taken as an example of a developing economy that, in that period, had been technologically advancing and becoming increasingly integrated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635589
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Globalization and Employment: Imported Skill Biased Technological Change in Developing Countries
Conte, Andrea; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762149
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Trade Openness and the Demand for Skills: Evidence from Turkish Microdata
Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm-level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic panel data setting using a unique database of 17,462 firms,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703567
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Globalization and Income Inequality
Vivarelli, Marco; Meschi, Elena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper discusses the distributive consequences of trade flows in developing countries (DCs). On the theoretical side, we argue that the interplays between international openness and technology adoption may constitute an important mechanism leading to a possible increase of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822668
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The Role of "Skill Enhancing Trade" in Brazil: Some Evidence from Microdata
Araújo, Bruno Cesar; Bogliacino, Francesco; Vivarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000. Over the same period, the relative demand for skilled labour has increased substantially. To investigate whether these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004569
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Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079235
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Offshoring and Job Stability: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing
Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela; Picchio, Matteo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995–2001 by using an … stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from developed countries foster job-to-job transitions within manufacturing … material offshoring to low income countries which drives blue collar workers out of manufacturing. Therefore, policy …
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