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Business visits, technology transfer and productivity growth
Piva, Mariacristina; Tani, Massimiliano; Vivarelli, Marco - 2020
Visits as a productivity enhancing channel of technology transfer. Our analysis is based on a unique database on business … evidence that BVs contribute to fostering labour productivity in a significant way. While this is consistent with what found by … returns, being more crucial in those sectors characterized by less mobility and by lower productivity performances. …
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The impact of globalization and technology transfer on manufacturing employment and skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...
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Globalization, technological change and skills : evidence from Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1,940 Ethiopian firms over the period 1996-2004 and deploying GMMSYS estimates,...
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Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - In: Eurasian business review 7 (2017) 1, pp. 1-23
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1940 Ethiopian firms over the period 1996–2004 and deploying GMM-SYS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632638
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Trade, technology and skills: Evidence from Turkish microdata
Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - 2009
In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and the relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic panel data setting, using a unique database comprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271189
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The role of "skill enhancing trade" in Brazil : some evidence from microdata
Araújo, Bruno César Pino Oliveira de; Bogliacino, … - 2009
Brazil was characterised by a marked process of trade liberalisation in the 1990s, resulting in a dramatic increase in the volumes of exports and imports since the year 2000. Over the same period, the relative demand for skilled labour has increased substantially. To investigate whether these...
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Trade, technology and skills : evidence from Turkish microdata
Meschi, Elena; Taymaz, Erol; Vivarelli, Marco - 2009
In this paper we report evidence on the relationship between trade openness, technology adoption and the relative demand for skilled labour in the Turkish manufacturing sector, using firm level data over the period 1980-2001. In a dynamic panel data setting, using a unique database comprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906156
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Globalization and employment : imported skill biased technological change in developing countries
Conte, Andrea (contributor); Vivarelli, Marco (contributor) - 2007
This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct...
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Globalization and employment : imported skill biased technological change in developing countries
Conte, Andrea (contributor); Vivarelli, Marco (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003546346
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Trade oppenness and income inequality in developing countries
Meschi, Elena (contributor); Vivarelli, Marco (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003519242