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exposure to these automation technologies affects employment and wages across these different phases of their life cycle. We … find that the negligible long term impact of automation on employment conceals significant short term positive and negative … effects within phases of the technology life cycle. We also find that the negative impact of ICT investment on employment is …
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Vietnam. Tariff reductions led to entry of foreign and private firms and to employment expansion in formal manufacturing, with … foreign entrants contributing most to employment growth. State firms stall employment reallocation through slower contraction …, highlighting the importance of studying FDI from multiple source countries in a lower-income host. …
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that the experience of Western colonization strengthens the positive effect of inward FDI on employment whereas the … the endogeneity between inward FDI and employment as well as employing alternative measures for the colonization. … investment (FDI) and labor market. We construct a panel dataset containing 285 Chinese cities 2011 to 2017 along with detailed …
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regional technology exposure on employment and wages. While confirming that effects differ significantly across phases, we find …
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We study the global diffusion of culture through multinationals, focusing on gender norms. Using data on manufacturing firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to employ proportionally more women and appoint female...
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individuals with temporary employment contracts. This reduction is explained by the decrease in the number of incomers. We also …
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possibilities single countries perceive in pursuing employment policies. In a setting where trade is driven by comparative … advantages, and thus wagecompetitiveness plays an important role for employment, it is shown that there is a tendency that a bias … arises in employmentpolicies. Policies expanding private employment tend to be used too little, while policies harming …
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When Ecuador raised its monthly Unified Minimum Wage from $170 to $200 in 2008, it affected 35 percent of all private sector workers. We use this unexpected minimum wage hike under former president Rafael Correa to assess the labor market impacts of the minimum wage. We use an administrative...
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, generating spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county … pairs that share a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant …−but within cross-border commuting zones−we find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment. …
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