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Offshoring and directed technical change

Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino Alessandro; Zilibotti, … - 2012

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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change

Acemoglu, Daron - 2012

Ricardian model of offshoring. A unique final good is produced by combining a skilled and an unskilled product, each produced …-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress. Offshoring induces skill … relevant case, starting from low levels, an increase in offshoring opportunities triggers a transition with falling real wages …

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The Race Between Machine and Man : Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares and Employment

Acemoglu, Daron - 2016

We examine the concerns that new technologies will render labor redundant in a framework in which tasks previously performed by labor can be automated and new versions of existing tasks, in which labor has a comparative advantage, can be created. In a static version where capital is fixed and...

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Patterns of Skill Premia

Acemoglu, Daron - 1999

In this paper, I develop a model to analyze how skill premia differ over time and across countries, and use this model to study the impact of international trade on wage inequality. Skill premia are determined by technology and the relative supply of skills. An increase in the relative supply of...

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Tasks At Work : Comparative Advantage, Technology and Labor Demand

Acemoglu, Daron; Kong, Fredric; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This chapter reviews recent advances in the task model and shows how this framework can be put to work to understand the major labor market trends of the last several decades. Production in each industry necessitates the completion of a range of tasks, which can be allocated to workers of...

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Beyond Becker : Training in Imperfect Labor Markets

Acemoglu, Daron - 1998

In this paper, we survey non-competitive theories of training. With competitive labor markets, firms never pay for investments in general training, whereas when labor markets are imperfect, firm-sponsored training arises as an equilibrium phenomenon. We discuss a variety of evidence which...

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Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron - 1996

explanations of firm sponsored training. Using microdata from Germany, we show that the predictions of the specific human capital …

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Why do firms train? : theory and evidence

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 1996

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Vertical integration and distance to frontier

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2002

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