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Relocation, offshoring and labour market repercussions : the case of the German automobile industry in Central Europe.

Nunnenkamp, Peter - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2006

of competitive pressure: relocation of assembly operations and offshoring of automotive parts production. The knowledge … foreign direct investment in Central Europe may have helped the relatively favourable employment and earnings record of the … production. Employment and wages diverged considerably within the German automobile industry. Relative to skilled workers, the …

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Unemployment in the European Union : a dynamic reappraisal.

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2003

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are...

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An Incentive Theory of Matching.

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2010

This paper examines the labour market matching process by distinguishing its two component stages: the contact stage, in which job searchers make contact with employers and the selection stage, in which they decide whether to match. We construct a theoretical model explaining two-sided selection...

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The competitive strength of European, Japanese and US suppliers on ASEAN markets.

Hiemenz, Ulrich; Langhammer, Rolf J.; Agarwal, Jamuna Prasad - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1987

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Globalization of the automobile industry : traditional locations under pressure?.

Spatz, Julius; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004

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Globalisation of production and markets.

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Gundlach, Erich; Agarwal, Jamuna Prasad - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1994

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Revealed comparative advantages in the services trade of the United States, the European Union and Japan : what do they tell us?.

Langhammer, Rolf J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2004

The paper argues that measuring revealed comparative advantages (RCA) in international trade in services cannot be straightforwardly compared to RCA in trade in goods. The essential difference is that services are internationally exchanged not only by cross-border trade mainly subject to...

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Globalization and labor markets in the Triad : different adjustment patterns.

Gundlach, Erich; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 1998

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