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Multinational firms and heterogeneous labor
Larch, Mario (contributor); Lechthaler, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2008
In the presence of increasing specialization of workers it becomes more and more difficult for firms to find the most suitable workers. In such an environment a multinational corporation has an advantage because it can exchange workers between plants in different countries. In this way it can...
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Multinational firms and heterogeneous labor
Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2008
In the presence of increasing specialization of workers it becomes more and more difficult for firms to find the most suitable workers. In such an environment a multinational corporation has an advantage because it can exchange workers between plants in different countries. In this way it can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263523
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Multinational firms and labor market pooling
Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - In: Review of international economics 19 (2011) 4, pp. 728-749
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Automation, globalization and vanishing jobs : a labor market sorting view
Faia, Ester; Laffitte, Sébastien; Mayer, Maximilian; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226078
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Techies, trade, and skill-biased productivity
Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060386
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Techies, trade, and skill-biased productivity
Harrigan, James; Reshef, Ariell; Toubal, Farid - 2021
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Globalised labour markets? : international rent sharing across 47 countries
Martins, Pedro S.; Yang, Yong - 2010
We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155580
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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries
Martins, Pedro S. - 2010
We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136491
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The Political Economy of Job Protection and Income Redistribution
Amable, Bruno; Gatti, Donatella - 2004
This paper presents a model allowing to analyze voting, welfare institutions and economic performance. We consider a political economy framework with three classes of agents: entrepreneurs, employed workers and unemployed workers. Agents vote on alternative institutional options: the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262146
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Can Evidence-Based Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy?
Alfaro, Laura; Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang; Chor, Davin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We investigate the role of evidence-based information in shaping individuals' preferences for trade policies through a … series of survey experiments that contain randomized information treatments. Each treatment provides a concise statement of … from 2018-2022, each administered to a representative sample of the U.S. general population, we find that information …
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