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We argue that the US trade and industry sector has experienced several unsustainable sectoral processes, including (i) a fall in the trade balance in machinery and equipment and high-tech (HT) industries, (ii) a rise in import multipliers in machinery and equipment and HT industries, (iii) a...
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This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization across manufacturing sectors in a sample of EU27 economies (1995-2009). We discriminate between heterogeneous wage effects on different skill categories of workers (low, medium...
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This paper extends the literature on the implications of offshoring for labour markets by investigating its effect on the wages of different skill groups in a broad global context. The analysis draws on input-output data from the WIOD project, and in the panel analysed (13 manufacturing...
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Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our … knowledge, no research has examined how subnational differences in intersectoral linkages impact such spillover effects. We … hypothesize that regional differences in local economic shocks diversify intersectoral linkages, and, consequently, produce …
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Using a linear panel data model with a fixed-effect estimator, this article investigates the causal effect of the growing use of Chinese intermediates on the labour productivity growth in Nordic manufacturing production processes. The main result – based on changes within more than 70 global...
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We use disaggregated data on Chilean plants, and the Chilean input-output table to examine the impact of agglomeration spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers, but no evidence of cross-industry spillovers in...
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This paper investigates the effects of manufacturing and of the real exchange rate (RER) on real per capita income growth. We use dynamic panel models and the calculation of output and employment multipliers for a diversified sample of countries from 1990 to 2011. Three important results can be...
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stemming from input-output linkages, in the location process of US manufacturing plants. Furthermore, drawing on the model of …
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The dramatic surge in imports of goods and services without a concomitant surge in exports in Turkey deserves a sound explanation. The studies on the issue addressed increasing import dependency of the manufacturing sector in Turkey. This paper has attempted to scrutinize the reasons behind this...
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