lower wages in the beginning of their career. Later they earn a return on these implicit investments through higher wages …

increase in average wages in exporting firms relative to domestic firms, consistent with earlier studies. However, using …-specific productivity, we find that the premium paid to workers at exporting firms is economically and statistically insignificant, as is … the differential impact of trade openness on the wages of workers at exporting firms relative to otherwise identical …

account for individual differences in young adults' capacities to acquire such skills and be productive in the work force …

We survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wages, employment and displacement. We start …

productivity. We investigate these phenomena further by examining the relationship between plant-level productivity and firm …-level R&D. We find that (1) the productivity-enhancing effects of parent firm R&D are diminished by geographic distance from … the research lab and `technological' distance between the product-field focus of the R&D and the plants; (2) productivity …

We study how cross-country macroeconomic spillovers caused by sovereign default affect equilibrium bailouts. Because of …

This paper analyzes the welfare implications of international spillovers related to productivity gains, changes in …-equilibrium model with monopolistic competition, drawing a distinction between productivity gains that enhance manufacturing efficiency … the international welfare spillovers depends on terms of trade, but also on consumers' taste for variety. Higher domestic …

countries matters for productivity, because a country that imports primarily from technological leaders receives more technology … trade patterns in determining technology flows that affect productivity by using industry level data for machinery goods … imports and productivity in eight OECD countries between 1970-91. First evidence that these countries benefit more from …