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Economies and production systems are subject to incessant processes of structural change fuelled by the dynamics of demand, technology and international competition. The increasing international fragmentation of production, also known as "offshoring", is an important element of such a (global in...
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(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 …. In contrast, in the absence of strong pressures in import competition, sorting occurs at the low end of the worker …
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We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration … for individual and municipality features, we find that individuals living in municipalities more exposed to Chinese import … migrate to the US. In particular, we find that Chinese import competition reduces migrants' negative self-selection: the …
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How does intranational factor mobility shape the welfare effects of a trade shock? I provide evidence that during WWI, a demand shock emanated from belligerent countries and affected neutral Spain. Within Spain, labor predominantly reallocated locally, while the most affected provinces...
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The service sector is very heterogeneous with respect to internationalization; in some industries there is international trade (or it may potentially exist), whereas other industries are non-tradable. Data on international trade in services is, however, typically very limited, making it...
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two-country model with a high and low-wage country, the low wage country adopts software early and import consultancy …
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This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of China's trade integration and technological change in a quantitative Ricardian-Heckscher-Ohlin model implemented on 75 countries. We simulate two alternative productivity growth scenarios: a balanced one in which China's productivity grows at the...
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We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign country is expected to increase the demand for immigrants from that country. By hiring...
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This paper develops and implements a novel test of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. We use nationally-representative matched employer-employee panel data from 1997 through 2015 to study the effect of the rise in China's exports on French worker earnings. Our version of the Stolper-Samuelson...
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We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign country is expected to increase the demand for immigrants from that country. By hiring...
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