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The effect of tariffs in global value chains
Eugster, Johannes; Jaumotte, Florence; MacDonald, Margaux; … - 2022
tariffs higher up and further down in the value chain depress value added, employment, labor productivity and total factor … of economic activity being diverted, id est positive effects on value added and employment from tariffs imposed on …
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Dollar invoicing, global value chains, and the business cycle dynamics of international trade
Cook, David; Patel, Nikhil - 2022
Recent literature has highlighted that international trade is mostly priced in a few key vehicle currencies and is increasingly dominated by intermediate goods and global value chains (GVCs). Taking these features into account, this paper reexamines the relationship between monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170273
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Global value chains and productivity : micro evidence from Estonia
Banh, Hang T.; Wingender, Philippe; Gueye, Cheikh - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented collapse in global economic activity and trade. The crisis has also highlighted the role played by global value chains (GVC), with countries facing shortages of components vital to everything from health systems to everyday household goods....
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Global value chains : what are the benefits and why do countries participate?
Ignatenko, Anna; Raei, Faezeh; Mircheva, Borislava - 2019
Over the last two decades, world trade and production have become increasingly organized around global value chains (GVC). Recent theoretical work has shown that countries can benefit from participation in GVCs through multiple channels. However, little is known empirically about the economic...
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FDI, global value chains, and local sourcing in developing countries
Amendolagine, Vito; Presbitero, Andrea; Rabellotti, Roberta - 2017
The local sourcing of intermediate products is one the main channels for foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers. This paper investigates whether and how participation and positioning in the global value chains (GVCs) of host countries is associated to local sourcing by foreign investors....
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Trade integration and business cycle synchronization : a reappraisal with focus on Asia
Duval, Romain; Cheng, Kevin; Oh, Kum Hwa; Saraf, Richa; … - 2014
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Trade Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization : A Reappraisal with Focus on Asia
Duval, Romain - 2014
This paper reexamines the relationship between trade integration and business cycle synchronization (BCS) using new value-added trade data for 63 advanced and emerging economies during 1995–2012. In a panel framework, we identify a strong positive impact of trade intensity on BCS—conditional...
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Trade, jobs, and inequality
Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021
This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …
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Is technology widening the gender gap? : automation and the future of female employment
Brussevich, Mariya; Dabla-Norris, Era; Khalid, Salma - 2019
Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on average, perform more routine tasks than men?tasks that are more prone to automation. To quantify the impact on jobs, we relate data on task composition at work to occupation...
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The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policyon Job Creation and Destruction
Garibaldi, Pietro - 1997
.S. manufacturing industry, and it finds evidence of asymmetry. Tight policy increases job destruction and reduces net employment …
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