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Globalization, roundaboutness, and relative wages
Francois, Joseph F.; Grier, Kevin; Nelson, Douglas R. - 2004
We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North by developing the basic linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Ethier-type division of labor model. Using this model we identify a formal relationship between...
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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
countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied … played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
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A rising tide? : the local incidence of the second wave of globalization
Gray, Rowena; Wright, Greg C. - 2022
We estimate the short- and long-run local labor market impacts of the large increase in U.S. imports and exports that occurred over the 1970s. We exploit the sequential opening of overseas shipping container ports over the period, which generated discontinuous changes in U.S. trade ows. We find...
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The impact of trade and technology on wage components
Borrs, Linda; Knauth, Florian - 2016
We use a large sample of German workers to analyze the effect of low-wage competition with China and Eastern Europe (the East) on the wage structure within German manufacturing industries. Utilizing the method by Abowd et al. (1999), we decompose wages into firm and worker components. We find...
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Globalization & regionalization in international trade
Țigănașu, Ramona; Maha, Liviu George; Mursa, Claudiu … - In: CES working papers 1 (2009) 2, pp. 5-19
The concept of globalization refers to the growing interdependence of countries, resulting from the increasing … process are the international trade and the cross-border investment flows. Economic globalization has increased the … specialization of workers, while the companies compete in global markets. Even globalization has recently become a common topic in …
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
; incomplete contracts ; evolutionary game theory ; culture ; trade integration ; factor mobility ; globalization …
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
; incomplete contracts ; evolutionary game theory ; culture ; trade integration ; factor mobility ; globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882529
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Jobs gained and lost through trade : the case of Germany
Lurweg, Maren; Westermeier, Andreas - 2010
The nature of international trade has changed significantly. For centuries, trade concentrated on the exchange of finished goods. It now increasingly involves bits of value that are added at different locations to combine into one final product. Therefore, trade in functions or tasks are of...
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Trade, superstars, and welfare
Kukharskyy, Bohdan - 2012
In recent decades, many countries experienced both a rise in top income shares and an increase of income inequality among the top earners. In this paper, I study the role of international trade as a catalyst for this development and analyze the associated welfare effects. I build a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572266
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Sectoral job effects of trade : an input-output analysis for Germany
Lurweg, Maren; Oelgemöller, Jens; Westermeier, Andreas - 2010 - This draft: March 5, 2010
The current globalisation process is characterized by the emergence of global value chains. That is, production processes are becoming increasingly geographically fragmented. Not only are final goods traded internationally, but in particular, trade in intermediate goods and services has...
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