Mexico leads to an increase in the skill premium in both the US and Mexico. In this paper we show on the example of Austria … and Poland that with the new international division of labor emerging in Europe Austria, the high income country, is … skill part. As a result, skilled workers in Austria are losing from outsourcing, while gaining in Poland. In Austria …

human capital as an accumulable factor. In a study on Austria and Germany we augment the Solow model to allow for the … of human capital of Austria and Germany by weighting workers of different schooling levels with their respective wage … quantifies how wages change with years of schooling. We find that the time series evidence on Austria and Germany is not …

these fears are justified for the two neighboring countries of Eastern Enlargement Austria and Germany. We find that Eastern … Enlargement leads to surprising small job losses, because jobs in Eastern Europe do not compete with jobs in Austria and Germany … competitive environment. However, we also find that multinational firms in Austria and Germany are outsourcing the most skill …

This paper looks at Austria's pattern of development and its lessons for Eastern Europe. Austria's development path is … characterized by two features. In the post-war era Austria was among the countries with the fastest convergence rate. At the same … time Austria's movement up the technological ladder was slow compared to other European countries. The paper uses insights …