Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2010
panel data setting, using a unique database comprising data from 17,462 firms, we estimate an augmented cost share equation … upgrading within firms. Our microdata also allowed us to investigate the direct impact of import flows in shaping the relative … demand for skills. The results showed that those firms belonging to the sectors that most raised their inputs from more …