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In this paper, we evaluate the first-stage pass-through, namely the responsiveness of import prices to the exchange … conduct a sectoral analysis using disaggregated import prices data. We find a much higher degree of pass-through for more … a dynamic panel-data model, our estimates indicate that decline of import-price sensitivity to the exchange rate is not …
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This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...
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We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when consumers' tastes exhibit a form of home bias. This is because emigration improves the design of...
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-way traders do have the highest premia, followed by firms that only export, while firms that only import have the smallest …
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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …
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The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a wage determinant as important as exports. Furthermore,...
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This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by … industries and occupations. -- Import shock ; adjustment ; clothing industry ; Germany …
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This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, that...
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-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export … effect on employment relationships. -- international trade ; import competition ; export opportunities ; local labor markets …
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This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world...
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