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The Impact of Globalization on Agglomeration : The Case of U.S. Manufacturing Employment from 1988 to 2003
Khan, Abdullah M. - 2016
This paper explores the impact of globalization on the micro-determinants of agglomeration, namely labor pooling (LP … agglomeration in U.S. manufacturing. More specifically, we find that trade liberalization is increasing the marginal effect of LP on … employment agglomeration in U.S. manufacturing, but this positive effect is overwhelmed by the large negative effect of the ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008473
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The Impact of Globalization on Agglomeration : The Case of U.S. Manufacturing Employment from 1988 to 2003
Rider, Mark; Khan, Abdullah M. - 2010
This paper explores the impact of globalization on the micro-determinants of agglomeration, namely labor pooling (LP … agglomeration in U.S. manufacturing. More specifically, we find that trade liberalization is increasing the marginal effect of LP on … employment agglomeration in U.S. manufacturing, but this positive effect is overwhelmed by the large negative effect of the ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191672
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Agglomeration, growth, and adjustment : a theoretical and empirical study of regional labor markets in Germany ; 42 tables
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000996251
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Offshoring and Manufacturing Employment : A General Equilibrium Analysis
Beverelli, Cosimo - 2011
We study the incidence of offshoring, or trade in tasks, on firms' productivity and on manufacturing employment in a standard economic-geography model with iceberg trade costs and a continuum of tasks. In a two-countries world where one country has a Hick's neutral technological edge over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127661
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Regional Manufacturing Employment Volatility in Canada : The Effects of Specialization and Trade
Baldwin, John R. - 2009
This paper measures the volatility of manufacturing employment growth across Canadian regions for the period 1976-97. It also attempts to relate the structural characteristics of regional economies to their levels of employment volatility. In particular, the analysis focuses on testing whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159880
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Managerial versus production wages : offshoring, country size and endowments
Benz, Sebastian; Kohler, Wilhelm - 2010
In this paper, we explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well offshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Production labor is assumed to be a variable input composed of tradable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156628
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Managerial versus production wages : offshoring, country size and endowments
Benz, Sebastian; Kohler, Wilhelm - 2011
We explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well ollshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Managerial labor is a fixed input while production labor is a variable input. Following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229062
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Managerial versus Production Wages : Offshoring, Country Size and Endowments
Benz, Sebastian; Kohler, Wilhelm - 2021
In this paper, we explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well offshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Production labor is assumed to be a variable input composed of tradable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316113
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Agglomeration, Growth, and Adjustment : A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Regional Labor Markets in Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
By means of theoretical and empirical analysis agglomeration economies as localized returns to scale are established as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521477
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Changing location of manufacturing employment
Creamer, Daniel Barnett - 1963
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001792286