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We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities … externalities can help explain the dynamic process of offshoring, where the most productive firms offshore first and the others …
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In this paper, we analyze employment and capital adjustments using a panel of plants from Colombia. We allow for … investment. Moreover, we find that the market oriented reforms introduced in Colombia after 1990 increased employment adjustments … efficiency, the reforms introduced in Colombia generated only modest improvements. -- joint factor adjustment ; irreversibilities …
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with and without wage rigidities. The paper then explores time series data from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to …
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Smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is largely exposed to pervasive market failures, translating into missed opportunities and sub-optimal economic behavior. These failures can partly be traced to the importance of economies of scale in procuring inputs and marketing produce, where...
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Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we examine how individual wages change in line with the share of college graduates in a given province. The individual fixed effect model shows that the external returns to education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an...
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-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average £4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about £80 for …
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externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind directions, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution …
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where other firms are subsidized. These negative externalities depend on the share of firms that receive subsidies in the …
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externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently … negative externalities: impacts are moderate in size and spatially confined to a radius of 2,000 metres around plants. We …
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Using population-level administrative data, we study labor market externalities stemming from age-specific employment …
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