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-collar) occupations. Our results, identified out of the variation in wages within firm-worker pairs, are robust to controlling for a …
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, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate …
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, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We … find a positive, yet heterogeneous, effect of trade on immigrant employment but no effect on immigrant wages. …We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate …
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We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration …. We exploit the variation in exposure to competition from China, following its accession to the WTO in 2001, across … competition are more likely to migrate to other municipalities within Mexico, while a negative effect is found on the decision to …
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competition has reduced the weavers' real wages and restructured the labor force of the industry and poor Afghan immigrant … the adverse side of this process. As the production costs of its rivals have fallen, surging international trade has …
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We examine whether exposure to gender inequality at export destinations affects the gender wage gap in exporting firms …. We motivate the analysis through a stylized model where wages depend on worker productivity, and men have a comparative … employer- employee data from Sweden and calculate how exposed firms are to country-level gender inequality through their export …
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Multi-Fiber Arrangement for Chinese producers upon China's entry into the WTO. I find evidence of substantial losses in …
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In this paper we study the link between globalization of firms and gender inequality. Specifically, we examine how the … need for interpersonal contacts in trade and gender-specific differences in negotiations are related to the gender wage gap … effect is robust across various specifications and is most pronounced for domestic exporting firms, which do not trade within …
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to trade competition from China. We use detailed matched worker-firm data from the Swedish manufacturing sector. We … (captured by the adoption of information and communication technologies, ICT) and import competition, due to increased exposure … adoption of ICT along with stronger Chinese import competition results in a significant skill upgrade within high-wage firms …
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This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human capital development), and technology and knowledge...
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