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Export, female comparative advantage and the gender wage gap
Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; De Pace, Federica - 2021
This paper studies the effect of firms'export activity on the gender wage gap among its workers. Using matched employer-employee data from Germany for the period be- tween 1993 and 2007, we show that an increase in a firm's export widens the wage gap between male and female blue-collar workers,...
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US free trade agreements and enforcement of labor law in Latin America
Dewan, Sabina; Ronconi, Lucas - 2014
during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the …
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Working conditions in Europe : the role of global value chains and advanced digital production-driven technological specialisation
Nikulin, Dagmara; Parteka, Aleksandra; … - 2022
This paper’s analysis of working conditions in Europe compares several aspects of job quality and wages, rather than relying on earnings as a sole indicator of workers’ well-being.We use a micro-level database of workers from 22 European countries to assess how global value chains (GVCs) and...
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India's GVC integration : an analysis of upgrading efforts and facilitation of lead firms
Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2020
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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Immigration and offshoring : two forces of globalisation and their impact on employment and the bargaining power of occupational groups
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2020
This paper estimates conditional demand models and, using a joint approach for the period 2008-2017, examines the impact of immigration and different measures of offshoring on the labour demand and demand elasticities of native workers in four different types of occupational groups:...
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Value addition, jobs and skills: a study of India's exports
Das, Deb Kusum; Kukreja, Prateek - 2020
Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment. However, as the production process is increasingly getting fragmented globally, greater exports no longer imply higher domestic production, as imports of intermediate products...
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Globalization and inequality in Latin America
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …
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Simplificación del registro laboral en Argentina : logros obtenidos y problemas pendientes
Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - 2011
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Simplification of labor registration in Argentina : achievements and pending issues
Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - 2011
This paper describes the reforms aimed at simplifying the administrative procedures for labor registration and the payment of social security contributions that were carried out in Argentina in 2005 and 2007. Analysis of the legislation, as well as a survey conducted among accountants, reveals...
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Productivity, misallocation, and special tax regimes in the Dominican Republic
Azuero, Rodrigo; Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Cardoza, Marvin; … - 2019
This paper advances understanding of the relationship between tax policy and productivity, taking advantage of unique data from the Dominican Republic to document a significant negative impact of tax regulations on total factor productivity (TFP). It begins by estimating productivity using...
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