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Offshoring and skill-upgrading in French manufacturing : a Heckscher-Ohlin-Melitz view
Carluccio, Juan; Cuñat, Alejandro; Fadinger, Harald; … - 2015
fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor … 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491928
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The effects of offshoring to low-wage countries on domestic wages : a worldwide industrial analysis
Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna; Parteka, Aleksandra - 2016 - This version (revised): 06 June 2016
This paper extends the literature on the implications of offshoring for labour markets by investigating its effect on … international trade in manufacturing inputs. Being particularly interested in the wage effects of offshoring to low wage countries … (LWC), we employ precise LWC classifications (varying across industries and time) to decompose overall offshoring by source …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802284
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Integrated sectors - diversified earnings : the (missing) impact of offshoring on wages and wage convergence in the EU27
Parteka, Aleksandra; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2014 - This version - 16 October 2014 (revised)
This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization … outsourcing/offshoring indices based on input-output data (World Input Output Database, April 2012 release). Two-way relations … indicate that offshoring reduces the wage growth of domestic medium- and low-skilled workers, we show that this negative effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802179
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Global value chains and labour markets - wages, employment or both: input-output aproach
Szymczak, Sabina; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2019 - This version: 29 November 2019
This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and labour demand. The analysis exploits the World Input-Output Database (WIOD, 2016 release) covering 43 countries and 54 sectors from 2000 to 2014. GVC involvement is measured by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138113
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Systematic literature review : theory on GVCs' impact on wages, employment, and productivity
Szymczak, Sabina - 2023 - This version: 4 November, 2023
This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) to provide a collection of theories explaining the impact of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes. Due to the complex nature of GVCs and the interconnectedness of wages, employment, and productivity, many direct and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014441036
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Brexit had no measurable effect on Irish exporters
Elsner, Benjamin; Flaherty, Eoin T.; Haller, Stefanie - 2024 - This version: August 15, 2024
We study the impact of the Brexit referendum on Irish exporters to the UK. The referendum triggered a sharp devaluation of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK and the EU. Using administrative data on the universe of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048212
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Learning or leaning : persistent and transitory spillovers from FDI
Davies, Ronald B.; Lamla, Michael; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016
Using firm-level data for Jordan, we estimate the extent to which growth spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to local firms stem from persistent learning externalities (i.e., they endure even after foreign investment leaves as knowledge has been transferred to local firms) or from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430950
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Former employees of foreign MNEs boost incumbent workers' wages in domestic firms?
Flaherty, Eoin T. - 2022
This paper examines evidence on wage spillovers from workers with experience in foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) to incumbent workers in domestic firms. Using administrative panel data from Ireland, I examine possible heterogeneity for such spillovers across the wage distribution using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012878965
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Are workers with multinational experience a determinant in startup success?
Flaherty, Eoin T. - 2024
This paper examines whether former foreign MNE workers help domestic startup firms succeed. I find evidence consistent with the idea that, as founding workers, former MNE workers positively contribute to startup outcomes. However, this appears conditional on survival. Using an event study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051358
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The heterogenous labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Cortes, Guido Matias; Forsythe, Eliza - 2021
We study the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic's impacts on employment, both during the onset of the pandemic and over recent months. Using cross-sectional and matched longitudinal data from the Current Population Survey, we show that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing...
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