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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are …-shaped relationship in response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories …
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages and welfare … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories …
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parsimonious two-country model of offshoring we find very nuanced results. These include cases where wages monotonically improve …, worsen, as well as where wages exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship with the offshoring cost. We identify qualitative …Does a reduction in offshoring cost benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a …
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Technological advance and improvements in communication technologies have facilitated the offshoring of jobs worldwide … countries that contain developing country labor content. We demonstrate that this pattern of offshoring can harbor a pro …
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This paper examines the role of multinationals and international business in poverty alleviation, based on an analysis of articles in the top journals in business, economics, and policy. We develop a conceptual cross-disciplinary framework that maps and disentangles the impact of different types...
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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support are, however, weak at best. In particular, SDT...
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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support are, however, weak at best. In particular, SDT...
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We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … externalities can help explain the dynamic process of offshoring, where the most productive firms offshore first and the others …
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