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Offshoring and non-monotonic employment effects across industries in general equilibrium

Baumgarten, Daniel; Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2018

empirischen Praxis bei der Analyse der Arbeitsmarktwirkungen von Offshoring. Während sich die Theorie auf Ein- oder Zwei …-Sektor-Modelle konzentriert, nutzen empirische Studien zur Identifikation des Offshoring-Effektes die Variation in der Offshoring-Intensität über … eine große Anzahl von Branchen hinweg. Üblicherweise wird dabei ein linearer Offshoring-Term in der empirischen Analyse …

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The impact of international outsourcing on labour market dynamics in Germany

Bachmann, Ronald (contributor); Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2008

investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate … nonparticipation. Outsourcing is found to have no significant impact on overall job stability in the manufacturing sector, but it is … associated with increased job stability in the service sector. Furthermore, the effect of outsourcing varies strongly across …

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International outsourcing, the nature of tasks, and occupational stability : empirical evidence for Germany

Baumgarten, Daniel - 2009

international outsourcing affects the individual risk of leaving the occupation. Moreover, a rich data set on tasks performed in … occupations is used to better characterize the sources of worker vulnerability. While international service outsourcing is … associated with an increase in overall stability, the impact of international material outsourcing is slightly negative. These …

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Trade, wages, FDI and productivity

Giesen, Kristian; Schwarz, Christian - 2011

We extend the Behrens et al. (2009) general equilibrium heterogeneous firms framework by horizontal foreign direct investment. The model features endogenously determined firm entrants, wages, productivity cutoff s, flexible price markups and allows for wage differentials across countries in...

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Exporting and endogenous workplace amenities under monopsonistic competition

Abashishvili, Avtandil - 2023

This paper introduces endogenous workplace quality choice into an international trade model with a monopsonistically competitive labour market, in which firms compete for potential employees by offering them a combination of monetary and non-monetary benefits. To attract the workers required to...

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Automation, offshoring, and the role of public policies

Schmidpeter, Bernhard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2019

In diesem Papier evaluieren wir die Auswirkung von technologischem Fortschritt sowie Offshoring auf die Karriere von …

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Aid, spending strategies and productivity effects : a multi-sectoral CGE analysis for Zambia

Clausen, Volker; Schürenberg-Frosch, Hannah - 2009

Numerous econometric studies fail to detect a signicant and robust relationship between international aid and economic growth in the recipient countries. Dutch Disease effects might be responsible for this result.This paper examines the relation between aid and its effectiveness in a...

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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries

Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009

This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...

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De-industrialisation, entrepreneurial industries and welfare

Schweinberger, Albert G.; Südekum, Jens - 2009

We develop a two-sector general equilibrium model with monopolistic competition featuring nonhomothetic production and a variable demand elasticity for the manufactured goods. An increase in the relative price of manufacturing varieties can lead to a decline in total industrial output in our...

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Strategic technology investments in open economies

Bohnstedt, Anna; Schwarz, Christian - 2010

We study a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can strategically invest in technology. The countries' motive is to improve firms' productivity, leading to a competitive advantage in international trade. We are interested in how trade...

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