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mode of entry. One type of this mode is offshoring which makes easier the relocation of business activity from developed … economies to developing economies. The study of offshoring activities is the focus of this paper, with the data coming from a … multinational firms to be engaged in foreign direct investment via offshoring. …
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This paper investigates the effects of offshoring on individual job satisfaction and perceived risk of job loss. The … industries with higher offshoring intensity report lower job satisfaction and/or are more prone to be unsecure at their jobs …. Second, they test whether these effects differ among four categories of collars. Their findings indicate that offshoring is …
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Unpaid work carried out inside the home has increased in the pandemic, and evidence points to women's share in care responsibilities and domestic tasks remaining higher than those of men in the pandemic, continuing the gender divides of past decades.
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employment. A two-country model is used to demonstrate that the open economy dimension can enhance the ability of sticky price … from domestic goods. This causes a temporary decline in domestic employment. If the expenditure-switching effect is …
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The impact of minimum wages on employment has always been a field of conflicts among economists and this divergence of … minimum wages and employment remains. This result contradicts the neoclassical theory and gives a Keynesian perspective which … suggests that changes in minimum wages are not related with positive or negative employment effects. In their analysis, the …
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The Nordic countries are known for their success in combining an extensive welfare state with high labor force participation. This is explained by the origins of their welfare states that can be traced to a unique set of values and beliefs that emphasize the right of women to participate in the...
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