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For decades, manufacturers around the world have outsourced production to countries with lower labor costs. However … across countries and industries, the intensity of robot use in high-income countries has a positive impact on foreign direct … sample exceeds the threshold level beyond which further automation results in negative foreign direct investment growth and …
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The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This paper presents estimates on the early impact of the crisis on labor markets in 39 countries based on high-frequency phone survey data...
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worldwide with a focus on developing countries. The results are based on a novel data set collected by the World Bank Group and … employment adjustment has operated mostly along the intensive margin (that is leave of absence and reduction in hours), with a …
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Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the … employment levels and average wages by gender and consider whether export destination or the competiveness of economies matters … improves female employment but reduces overall average wages and female wages. Increasing exports to the European Union as well …
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that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show ….S. automation reduced manufacturing wage employment in areas where occupations were initially more susceptible to being automated … that an increase of one robot per thousand workers in the U.S.-about twice the increase observed between 2004-2014-lowers …
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other secondary measures, namely, employability and employment outcomes. The results should be interpreted with caution …
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implementation of the New Industrial Policy. The findings show that there was a significant and abrupt increase in employment at the … for certain industries. The paper finds that the increase in cross-border employment is higher for sectors receiving … experience an increase in employment. Finally, the growth in the number of firms in Uttar Pradesh close to the border remained …
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protecting workers and ensuring that employment effects are not too large …
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low and the economy is in a negative output gap. Evidence shows that employment has increased, mainly at the minimum wage …
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