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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 … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate … wage determinant as important as exports. Furthermore, we also find significant differences in the relationship between …
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both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … side, we find (on the basis of the system GMM estimator) a positive effect of exports on industry wage premia. The results … wages is found to be significantly bigger when the latter come from low-income countries than from high-income countries …
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We use linked employer-employee data from Italy to explore the relationship between exports and wages. Our empirical …
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exports, upgrade quality, and raise wages relative to initially less-productive, lower-wage plants within each industry. Using … market, they produce higher-quality goods to appeal to richer Northern consumers, and they pay high wages to attract and … more-productive plants increased the export share of sales, white-collar wages, blue-collar wages, the relative wage of …
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manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …
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Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...
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This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry … negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit from services offshoring in terms of higher real wages. Hence, offshoring has …
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This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry … negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit from services offshoring in terms of higher real wages. Hence, offshoring has …
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unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …
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This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … local labor market effects (wages and informality) and estimates from wage equations that reflect the predictions from long … of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more exposed to the export shock …
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