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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation : Evidence from U.S. Patents
Autor, David H. - 2019
emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861314
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Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry : A Comparison between Germany and the U.S
Dyballa, Katharina - 2018
In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912768
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China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
vividly illustrated. This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages between China, Latin America, and the rest of the … world shows that the long-term impact of a China GDP shock on the typical Latin American economy has increased by three … to Latin America and the rest of emerging Asia (excluding China and India) GDP has not undergone any significant change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121741
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Import Competition and the Great U.S. Employment Sag of the 2000s
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021857
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Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2021
to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314978
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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 … similar to those caused by the decline of employment in coal production since the 1980s, indicating that the China trade shock … holds lessons for other episodes of localized job loss. Import competition from China induced changes in income per capita …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084041
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Evolution of Gender Wage Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century : An Addendum to 'New Century, Old Disparities'
Ñopo, Hugo - 2010
This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139674
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New Century, Old Disparities : Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America
Ñopo, Hugo - 2010
This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139680
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Teachers' Salaries in Latin America : How Much are They (Under or Over) Paid?
Mizala, Alejandra - 2011
This paper documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations in Latin America circa 2007. These labor earnings differences, attributed to observable socio-demographic and job characteristics, are assessed using a matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120817
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Evolution of Teachers' Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century : How Much are They (Under or Over) Paid?
Mizala, Alejandra - 2012
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper reports the evolution, between circa 1997 and circa 2007, of teachers´ salaries vis-à-vis workers in other professional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099767