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Hogrefe, Jan; Yao, Yao - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large number of studies explaining the level effects of globalization on the labor market in that it takes a look at effects on second moments, i.e. the variance of incomes. It provides...

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Offshoring and relative labor demand from a task perspective

Hogrefe, Jan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to...

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Exporting and labor demand: Micro-level evidence from Germany

Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel...

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The German labour market reforms in a European context: A DSGE analysis

Busl, Claudia; Seymen, Atılım - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

consequently consumption dampening accompanied by beggar-thy-neighbour effects, harming Germany's trade partners. We check up on … the validity of these arguments by means of a two-country DSGE model featuring intra-industry trade and labour market …) are only partially driven by the reforms. However, we do not find that the reforms contribute to Germany's trade surplus …

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Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (?unemployment benefit II?) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ?Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)? is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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International Coordination of Quality Standards and Vertical Product Differentiation

Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

and trade in which duopolistic firms face quality-dependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented …

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The Effects of Quotas on Vertical Intra-Industry Trade

Lutz, Stefan H. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a reduction of domestic consumer surplus, irrespective of whether the foreign firm produces...

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Mutual Recognition of National Minimum Quality Standards may Support International Convergence

Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

In a model of vertical product differentiation, duopolistic firms face qualitydependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Minimum quality standards, set according to the principle of Mutual Recognition, can be used to increase welfare. The results of the one-shot...

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The energy-bias of North-South technology spillovers: A global, bilateral, bisectoral trade analysis

Hübler, Michael; Glas, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

import-driven convergence and no robust difference between imports of intermediate and investment goods. Accordingly, trade … helps emerging economies follow a 'green growth' path, and trade-related policies can enhance this path. However, the … effects are economically small and require a long time horizon to become effective. Trade-related policies can become much …

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