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The vanishing procyclicality of labor productivity
Galí, Jordi; Rens, Thijs van - 2010
vanished, (ii) the relative volatility of employment has risen, and (iii) the relative (and absolute) volatility of the real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003996447
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe : a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg; Plane, Mathieu; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force participation are given in the second part of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473881
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Rules for border-crossing factor movements
Siebert, Horst (contributor) - 2007
This paper analyzes rules for international factor movements, i.e. real capital flows together with the relocation of firms, the flow of technology and the migration of people. These rules have to make sure that individuals, individual countries as well as the world economy benefit from factor...
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Outsourcing, offshoring and innovation : evidence from firmlevel data for emerging economies
Fritsch, Ursula; Görg, Holger - 2013
and to introduce new products and upgrade existing products. The effect of offshoring on R&D spending is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782441
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Offshoring and labour market inequalities
Schwörer, Tillmann - 2013
offshoring mainly through changes in relative wages rather than changes in relative employment. This runs counter to the …This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German … industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190184
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Do labour market institutions matter? : Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the...
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Services offshoring and wages : evidence from micro data
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry … information on offshoring. Our results show that services ofsshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals … negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit from services offshoring in terms of higher real wages. Hence, offshoring has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729648
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Web use and offshoring
Hanley, Aoife; Ott, Ingrid - 2009
, we also report a 2-3 percent reduction in the level of materials offshoring following a switch to internet procurement …. -- Offshoring ; heterogeneous inputs ; uncertainty ; price ; transportation costs …
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A simple model of outsourcing with Cournot competition
Hübler, Michael (contributor) - 2007
The paper analyses a partial equilibrium outsourcing model with Cournot competition in intermediate good production. Final production is located in western Europe, whereas the intermediate good can be manufactured by a western (outsourcing) or eastern European supplier (offshore outsourcing)....
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The labor market effects of outsourcing parts and components : adverse Cournot competition
Hübler, Michael - 2009
regions. -- Offshoring ; outsourcing ; Cournot competition ; intermediate goods ; high-skilled ; low-skilled …
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