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on the impact of Chinese import competition on productivity, skills, and performance of firms., We measure import … on the interaction between an exogenous geographic characteristic and a shock in transportation technology is developed …-up and skills upgrading. Of particular interest is the finding that the effects of import competition from China are stronger …
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This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage and fertility behavior of teenage women in Turkey using the 2008 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. We find that the new education policy reduces the probability of marriage...
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This paper examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction using longitudinal data on women from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Previous studies have focused on satisfaction differences between parents and comparable childless adults, mostly finding small and often negative...
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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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This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment to study the channels of labor market adjustment to an import shock … skill upgrading in response to the import shock. …
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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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Import competition from China is pervasive in the sense that for many good categories, the competitive environment that … up to 519 manufacturing sectors, import price changes of Chinese goods pass into US producer prices at an average rate of … 0.7, while import price changes that can be traced back to exchange rate movements of other trade partners only have …
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This paper examines the labour supply disincentives of the Income Support system among single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. It uses a regression discontinuity approach that exploits the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose...
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We present a model, in which a small industrialised economy outsources part of its production into a small foreign country which is well endowed with low-skilled labour. We analyse under which conditions sinking trade costs stimulate outsourcing activities, thereby increasing the wage dispersion...
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subordinate position of women carpet weavers within the household; as a form of employment, it has hardly affected the social …
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