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The Rise of the East and the Far East : German Labor Markets and Trade Integration
Dauth, Wolfgang - 2012
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … and export exposure. We find that the rise of "the East" in the world economy caused substantial job losses in German … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104067
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On the Persistence of the China Shock
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2022
We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of its effects for nearly a decade past its culmination. Adverse impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084041
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Exporting and Labor Demand : Micro-Level Evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas - 2013
exporting on firms' labor demand. Using rich, administrative linked employer-employee panel data from Germany, we explicitly … control for issues of self-selection and endogeneity in the firms' decisions to export by providing fixed effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078822
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An Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Barriers to Outsourcing
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2011
Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who "export" jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131419
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Employment and Exchange Rates : The Role of Openness and Technology
Alexandre, Fernando - 2009
Real exchange rate movements are important drivers of the reallocation of resources between sectors of the economy. Economic theory suggests that the impact of exchange rates should vary with the degree of exposure to international competition and with the technology level. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159338
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The Institutional Adjustment Margin to Import Competition : Evidence from Italian Minimum Wages
Matano, Alessia - 2019
A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859775
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Made in China, Sold in Norway : Local Labor Market Effects of an Import Shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild - 2014
We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050619
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Import Competition and the Great U.S. Employment Sag of the 2000s
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back the considerable employment gains achieved during the 1990s, with a historic contraction in manufacturing employment being a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021857
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Die Höhle in der Eiger-Nordwand - Eine Anmerkung zum Mainzer Modell und zum Wohlfahrtsstaat an sich
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 55 (2002) 03, pp. 20-25
Die Regierung hat die Ausweitung des Mainzer Modells auf ganz Deutschland beschlossen und sich somit zu einer … das Mainzer Modell das Problem der Arbeitslosigkeit nur lindern, es bietet aber keine Basis für eine rationale Lohnpolitik …
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Mit expansiver Lohnpolitik die Beschäftigung erhöhen? : Anmerkungen zu der "Münchhausen-Theorie"
Leibfritz, Willi - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 51 (1998) 36, pp. 24-32
Rechenbeispiels und dem Vergleich mit den USA und kommt zu dem Ergebnis, daß sich eine expansive Lohnpolitik keineswegs als …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005055949