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International competition, returns to skill, and labor market adjustment

Falvey, Rodney E.; Greenaway, David; Silva, Joana - 2018

Does increased import competition lead to higher returns to skill within an industry and, therefore, to greater incentives for skill acquisition? Does it also induce skill upgrading by the industry's existing workforce? To answer these questions, this paper follows individual workers across...

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International Competition, Returns to Skill, and Labor Market Adjustment

Falvey, Rod - 2018

Does increased import competition lead to higher returns to skill within an industry and, therefore, to greater incentives for skill acquisition? Does it also induce skill upgrading by the industry?s existing workforce? To answer these questions, this paper follows individual workers across...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925023

International Competition, Returns to Skill and Labor Market Adjustment

Falvey, Rod - 2008

This paper examines whether increased import competition induces domestic workers to skill upgrade and/or switch industries. The analysis makes use of a large unique longitudinal matched employer-employee dataset that covers virtually all workers and firms in Portugal over the 1986-2000 period....

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New Perspectives on the Benefits of Exporting

Greenaway, David; Kneller, Richard Anthony - In: Economie Internationale (2004) 100, pp. 99-110

Intervention to support export initiatives is commonplace in both industrialised and developing countries. Historically this has been underpinned by a belief that exporting is good for growth. But the evidence base underpinning this belief has been macroeconomic, yet intervention has generally...

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Exports, export composition and growth

Greenaway, David; Morgan, Wyn; Wright, Peter - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 8 (1999) 1, pp. 41-51

examines the exports-growth link in a dynamic fashion, providing a more rigorous approach than has been attempted previously … and using the dynamic model, the results generated suggest that there is a strong positive relationship between exports … and growth. Further, it is apparent that the composition of those exports is important in determining the strength of …

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Much ado about nothing? Do domestic firms really benefit from foreign direct investment?

Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - 2003

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

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Exports and productivity: Comparable evidence for 14 countries

Wagner, Joachim; Pertl, Leonhard; Schiavo, Stefano; … - 2007

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong …

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