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Export Growth and Factor Market Competition: Theory and Some Evidence
Namini, Julian Emami; Facchini, Giovanni; Lopez, Ricardo A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
Empirical evidence suggests that sectoral export growth decreases exporters' survival probability, whereas this is not true for non-exporters. Models with firm heterogeneity in total factor productivity (TFP) predict the opposite. To solve this puzzle, we develop a two{factor framework where...
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The Magnitude and Distance Decay of Trade in Goods and Services: New Evidence for European Countries
Burger, Martijn J.; Thissen, Mark; Oort, Frank G. van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
Using a newly assembled, consistent and disaggregated dataset (12 goods and 7 services) on internal and bilateral trade for 25 European countries, we analyse the difference between trade in goods and services. The measurement of both trade in goods and trade in services is improved over earlier...
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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Return to Education in Vietnam: Wage versus Employment Effect
Oostendorp, Remco H.; Quang, Doan Hong - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
. These studies have typically estimated the return to education in terms of changes in wages rather than employment …, effectively ignoring the fact that trade liberalization affects not only wages but also employment opportunities. In this paper we … trade liberalization on the return to education taking into account both changes in wages and employment. The results show …
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Imports as Product and Labour Market Discipline
Boulhol, Hervé; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Maioli, Sara - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <I>British Journal of Industrial Relations</I>, 49(2), 331-361. 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00760.x<P> This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labour markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a...</p></i>
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Does Access to Foreign Markets shape Internal Migration? Evidence from Brazil
Hering, Laura; Paillacar, Rodrigo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
higher local labor demand and attracts workers via two potential channels: higher wages and new job opportunities. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256769
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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy on Labor Markets and Production
Francois, Joseph - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
trade to performance, such as measures of worker displacement, adjustment costs, and econometric evidence on trade and wages …
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Globalization, Roundaboutness, and Relative Wages
Francois, Joseph; Grier, Kevin; Nelson, Douglas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North by … developing the basic linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Ethier-type division of labor model. Using … this model we identify a formal relationship between international trade, productivity, and wages. We then examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257407
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Victims of Progress: Economic Integration, Specialization, and Wages for Unskilled Labor
Francois, Joseph; Nelson, Douglas R. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers.This involves a model of North-Northintegration through either increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257578
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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: On Revealed Comparative Advantage And Merger Waves
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and cross-border mergers and acquisitions – M&As), we test two implications of Neary’s (2003, 2007) general oligopolistic equilibrium (GOLE) model (incorporating strategic interaction between firms in a general equilibrium...
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Productivity Gains from Offshoring: an Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production...
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