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We show, theoretically and empirically, that the effects of technological change associated with automation and offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder efficient assortative matching between firms with...
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international trade increasing competition and therefore the price elasticity of product demand, exporters are predicted to have …
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In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and relative demand …, results suggest that trade openness and technology play a key role in shifting the demand for labour towards more skilled …
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Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization … export expansion, this is not occurring at a large enough scale to be felt at the macro level. To seize the benefits of trade …
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This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...
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Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business … networks, and quantifies its impact on bilateral trade. Using cross-sectional data and controlling for the overall bilateral … on trade, and especially on exports. Those immigrants should be the ones directly involved in the diffusion and …
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We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995-2001 by using an administrative dataset on manufacturing workers. We find that the international fragmentation of production negatively affects job stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from...
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We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration. We exploit the variation in exposure to competition from China, following its accession to the WTO in 2001, across Mexican municipalities and estimate the effect of international...
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This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
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-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms …
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