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International product fragmentation and the insertion of Latin America and the Caribbean in global production networks : Colombian case studies
Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; Uribe, Maria José - 2012
Understanding the drivers of international production fragmentation is an important issue for Latin American and Caribbean countries because participation in global production networks can help mitigate instability due to dependence on natural resources and can provide opportunities for further...
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Insertion of Costa Rica in global value chains : a case study
Monge González, Ricardo; Zolezzi, Sandro - 2012
This study sheds light on how Costa Rica’s insertion in global value chains occurs by examining governance patterns, the type of activities involved, and the level of underlying innovation in the selected value chain. The paper describes in detail two case studies of electronic-related...
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Can Mexico set up in the aerospace and the software and IT global value chains as a high-value-added player?
Brown Grossman, Flor; Domínguez Villalobos, Lilia - 2012
This study is an effort to identify the process by which firms venture into GVCs and the obstacles faced by firms once they have been immersed in it. We have focused on two particular GVCs: the aerospace GVC and the software and IT services GVC. Through the case studies, we analyzed the nature...
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Employment effects of offshoring, technological change and migration in a group of Western European economies : impact on different occupations
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2023
This paper estimates conditional demand models to examine the impact of offshoring, technological change, and migration … occupationspecific effects: offshoring seems to have beneficial employment effects for native craft workers in this set of economies … industries) and managers/professionals in manufacturing. Furthermore, there are important distinctions whether offshoring occurs …
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The Impact of Immigration on Firm-Level Offshoring
Olney, William W.; Pozzoli, Dario - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign workers … into a municipality reduces firm-level offshoring at both the extensive and intensive margins. The fact that immigration and … offshoring are substitutes has important policy implications, since restrictions on one may encourage the other. While the …
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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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An updated assessment of the trade and poverty nexus in Latin America
Giordano, Paolo; Li, Kun - 2012
Despite the growing political priority given to making trade work for the majority in Latin America, a notable gap exists in the knowledge about the distributive impacts of trade integration. This study attempts to fill this gap: it surveys the most recent contributions to the mainstream trade...
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Labour taxes and international trade : the role of domestic labour value added
Adarov, Amat; Holzner, Mario; Jovanović, Branimir; … - 2021
This paper revisits the relationship between labour taxation and international trade, focusing on the role of domestic labour value added. Using sectoral data from 41 EU and OECD economies over the period 2005- 2014, we assess how labour taxes affect exports and imports and how domestic labour...
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The effect of Chinese import competition on El Salvador's labor market
Li, Kun; Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - 2019
In this paper, we relate outcomes of El Salvadors local labor markets to their exposure to Chinese import competition. Using annual household surveys for 2000 to 2014, we construct a panel dataset of 61 local labor markets over 15 years to study three sets of outcomes: manufacturing employment,...
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Local labor - market effects of NAFTA in Mexico : evidence from Mexican commuting zones
Trachtenberg, Danielle - 2019
This paper estimates the effects of NAFTA on labor and wages in Mexico using a local labor-markets approach. While NAFTA offered greater export opportunities to Mexican firms that may raise employment, it also opened the door to increased import competition that may dampen employment gains. This...
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