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We investigate the impact of product market competition on firms’ automation investments. We use a rich combination of micro-data on Portuguese exporters and exploit a novel source of variation in the degree of competition they face – a tariff liberalization between the European Union and...
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Products produced by a multiproduct firm can be linked through demand linkages or supply linkages. On the demand side, changes in the price of one product can affect the demand for a firm's other products through shifts in consumer expenditures. This is commonly referred to as the...
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This paper investigates whether the impact of trade shocks on employment and wages persists across generations. Using … survey data with retrospective information on parental employment, we study the causal effect of increased Chinese import …
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Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this …
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In this paper, we discuss the agricultural trade between Brazil and China. We select a set of key commodities and … and historical analysis, we provide a statistical description of the recent history of Brazilian exports to China. We … bilateral trade of agricultural products between Brazil and China. Still, a set of products can be classified as missed trade …
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shocks. We exploit sudden policy changes in the context of the trade dispute between the US and China. Based on a data set … negative direct effect of US tariffs on US imports from China, but (2) do not find evidence for significant short-run trade …
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increase in the working horizon on (un)employment behaviour for individuals with a long remaining statutory working life. Using … probability of employment, decreases the probability of unemployment, and increases the intensity of job search among the … unemployed. Heterogeneity analyses show that the demonstrated employment effects are strongest for women and in occupations with …
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Do investment programs create more jobs in tight or in slack labor markets? We study this question using data from a large, long-term photovoltaic invest scheme in Germany. Comparing counties with high and low unemployment both over time and across space, we find that photovoltaic installations...
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