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study is 2001 to 2013, a period of expansion for Swedish MNEs, particularly in low-income countries such as China. Our … employment onshore (skilled and less-skilled labor) and employment in affiliates offshore (high- and low-income countries … manufacturing MNE parents (substitute), whereas increased employment in affiliates in high-income countries is positively related to …
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the association between offshoring within Swedish MNEs and changes their parent employment at regional level (in local …-routine) in the parent. Our results reveal large spatial heterogeneities in the relationships between MNE offshoring and onshore … employment in various regions. The results suggest that MNE offshoring might be a factor contributing to diverging onshore …
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high-skilled workers in manufacturing firms who face a downward pressure on wages from services offshoring, but higher … wages from services exports. Finally, we find that exports and offshoring of goods and services stimulate labor demand … stay in the same job in trading firms are less affected by changes in export and offshoring volumes, with the exception of …
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Recent contributions on offshoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate … technologically determined sequence of production steps. In our model, cost savings from offshoring fluctuate along the production … from offshoring even if relocating individual steps would be advantageous in terms of offshoring costs, or they may …
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world, after the USA, in terms of stock of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Sustained GDP growth, a high rate of … benefits of this spectacular growth have not been evenly distributed throughout the various Chinese regions. There are many low-income …-economic indicators such as human capital, infrastructure, per capita income, and government policies affect regional inequality and …
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comparable with developed countries. These arguments are supported by a critical interpretation of the traditional trade theory …, the New Trade Theory and specific approaches to explain GVCs, especially different governance structures and power …
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businesses have been plagued with forced overtime, wildcat strikes, and low wages. …
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India presents an unique example of manufacturing capability in most sectors, but low integration into GVCs. This paper examines the reasons for India's low integration into GVCs, especially in the manufacturing sector. It argues that one of the reasons for India's low integration into GVCs is...
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with difference-in-difference estimation. We find some evidence of positive employment effects in firms taken over by …
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internationalization is not as obvious as the standard theory suggests, and tightening migration could have unexpected consequences for … different strands of theory on the relationship between migration and internationalization, as well as new empirical findings …
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