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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino A.; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2012
Ricardian model of offshoring. A unique final good is produced by combining a skilled and an unskilled product, each produced …-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress. Offshoring induces skill … relevant case, starting from low levels, an increase in offshoring opportunities triggers a transition with falling real wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014165244
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Offshoring and directed technical change
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2012
We study the short- and long-run implications of offshoring on innovation, technology adoption, wage and income … offshoring and the direction of technological progress. A fall in the cost of offshoring induces technical change with an … ambiguous factor bias. When the initial offshoring cost is high, an increase in offshoring opportunities triggers a transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010849629
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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014
We study the short- and long-run implications of offshoring on innovation, technology adoption, wage and income …-abundant West to a skill-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress …. offshoring induces technical change with an ambiguous factor bias. When the initial level of offshoring is low, an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950605
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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino A; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Ricardian model of offshoring. A unique final good is produced by combining a skilled and an unskilled product, each produced …-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress. Offshoring induces skill … relevant case, starting from low levels, an increase in offshoring opportunities triggers a transition with falling real wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083277
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Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
-skilled workers; and (5) expanding offshoring opportunities, enabled by technology, which allow foreign labor to substitute for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614632
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints and limited resources. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614634
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Competing engines of growth: innovation and standardization
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
We study a dynamic general equilibrium model where innovation takes the form of the introduction new goods, whose production requires skilled workers. Innovation is followed by a costly process of standardization, whereby these new goods are adapted to be produced using unskilled labor. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621792
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Competing Engines of Growth: Innovation and Standardization
Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We study a dynamic general equilibrium model where innovation takes the form of the introduction new goods, whose production requires skilled workers. Innovation is followed by a costly process of standardization, whereby these new goods are adapted to be produced using unskilled labor. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628444
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Diversity and Technological Progress
Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper proposes a tractable model to study the equilibrium diversity of technological progress and shows that equilibrium technological progress may exhibit too little diversity (too much conformity), in particular, foregoing socially beneficial investments in "alternative" technologies that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004109
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The Environment and Directed Technical Change
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation. Research can be directed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365645