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Does offshoring shape labor market imperfections? : a comparative analysis of Belgian and Dutch firms
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Fuss, Catherine; Vancauteren, Mark - 2023
We study the relationship between offshoring and the prevalence and intensity of labor market imperfections at the firm … wagemarkdown pricing originating from firms' monopsony power in both countries. Offshoring benefits firms in that imports of final … effect of offshoring on wage markdowns arises from an increase in productivity that is only imperfectly passed through into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233431
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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008 - Version 12 February 2008
-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374425
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Export growth and factor market competition : theory and some evidence
Namini, Julian Emami; Facchini, Giovanni; López, Ricardo A. - 2011
Empirical evidence suggests that sectoral export growth decreases exporters' survival probability, whereas this is not true for non-exporters. Models with firm heterogeneity in total factor productivity (TFP) predict the opposite. To solve this puzzle, we develop a two{factor framework where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382743
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Migrants and global value chains : evidence from Dutch firms
Erbahar, Aksel; Gencosmanoglu, Omer Tarik - 2021
This paper examines the relationship between migrant workers and global value chain linkages using a rich employer-employee dataset from the Netherlands for 2010-2017. We merge the employer-employee dataset with international trade data and extract firms' country-product specific imports. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650081
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Labor market imperfections, markups and productivity in multinationals and exporters
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Kiyota, Kōzō - 2017
This paper examines the links between the internationalization mode of firms and market imperfections in product and labor markets. We develop a framework for modelling heterogeneity across firms in terms of (i) product market power (price-cost markups), (ii) labor market imperfections (workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772937
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Import competition and domestic transport costs
Caragliu, Andrea; Gerritse, Michiel - 2022
With China's 2001 WTO accession, trade costs between the US and China fell sharply, but the transport costs of Chinese imports within the US remained sizable. We argue that domestic transport costs shield local labor markets from globalization. Using a shift-share design for industry-level...
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The trade-off between foreign direct investments and exports : the role of multiple dimensions of distance
Lankhuizen, Maureen; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Linders, … - 2009
To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between countries is large, while exports become more important...
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Product heterogeneity, intangible barriers and distance decay : the effect of multiple dimensions of distance on trade across different product categories
Lankhuizen, Maureen B. M.; Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, … - 2012
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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007 - This version: 19 November 2007
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373831
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Imports as product and labour market discipline
Boulhol, Hervé; Dobbelaere, Sabien; Maioli, Sara - 2008
This paper tests the pro-competitive effect of trade in the product and labour markets of UK manufacturing sectors between 1988 and 2003 using a two-stage estimation procedure. In the first stage, we use data on 9820 firms from twenty manufacturing sectors to simultaneously estimate mark-up and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377465