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, leading to a link between a firm's operating profits and wages of workers employed by this firm. We estimate the parameters of … aggregate employment. -- structural models ; heterogeneous firms ; fair wages ; labour market imperfections ; exporter wage …
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, leading to a link between a firm's operating profits and wages of workers employed by this firm. We estimate the parameters of …
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hand and wages of workers employed by this firm on the other hand. The latter establishes an exporter wage premium, since … in terms of both operating profits and average wages. We also find evidence for gains from trade for all five countries … ; Heterogeneous firms ; Fair wages ; Labour market imperfections ; Exporter wage premium …
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This paper investigates to which extent outward foreign direct investment (FDI) affects domestic wages. We are first … wages for managers and reduces wages for workers performing offshorable tasks. The positive effect of FDI on managers' wages …
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The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s is analysed in order to test the hypothesis that the competitive pressure from low-income countries has led to the observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled...
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layer is very positively (negatively) correlated with value added. We then explore the changes in the wages and number of … expand substantially add layers and pay lower average wages in all pre-existing layers. In contrast, firms that expand little … and do not reorganize pay higher average wages in all pre-existing layers …
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We analyse the immigration flows to Western Europe in the sixties. We develop a theoretical model tailored to account for some of the key features of this period, i.e., trade in manufacturing that essentially involved advanced countries, the growing administration of labour markets in Western...
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) specification, we find that a 10% increase in immigration increases native wages by 3%. However, as the number of immigrants and the … natives' wages is still positive but much smaller, and natives wages are negatively related to the number of natives. To … understand this asymmetry and the positive impact of immigration on wages, we explore the link between immigration and the …
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) specification, we find that a 10% increase in immigration increases native wages by 3%. However, as the number of immigrants and the … natives' wages is still positive but much smaller, and natives’ wages are negatively related to the number of natives. To … understand this asymmetry and the positive impact of immigration on wages, we explore the link between immigration and the …
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