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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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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories … response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages and welfare …
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comparable with developed countries. These arguments are supported by a critical interpretation of the traditional trade theory …, the New Trade Theory and specific approaches to explain GVCs, especially different governance structures and power …
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We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the...
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Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce …
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Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce …
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To clarify the causal links between financial activity and economic growth, three theoretical models are analyzed and a structural equation path models is estimated. In the modeling part, poverty traps result from large fixed costs or high proportions of real investment to run a financial...
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories …-shaped relationship in response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages …
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories … response to parametric reductions in the cost of offshoring. We identify qualitative conditions under which wages and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989829