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This paper studies the changes in labor allocation across firms and industries in response to changes in technology (captured by the adoption of information and communication technologies, ICT) and import competition, due to increased exposure to trade competition from China. We use detailed...
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) on employment changes and worker mobility in Germany. A composite measure of offshorability for German data is used which … employment creation is higher in non-offshorable occupations. Furthermore, both hiring and job separation rates decline with … leaving employment to other labour market states is higher if their jobs are more offshorable. …
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In this paper, I provide novel evidence on the effects of offshoring and automation (e.g. industrial robots, 3-D … developed countries in 1996--2005. I find that while offshoring to lower-income countries and automation decreased the demand … for the young relative to the middle-aged and older workers, offshoring to high-income countries exerted opposite effects …
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effect ambiguous. This paper investigates the employment effects of service offshoring in a newly combined and exceptionally … service offshoring has increased firm employment. In line with the canonical trade in tasks model, the employment gains are …Major technological advances have recently spurred a new wave of offshoring in services, which used to be non …
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This paper is concerned about addressing a question that has become critical in international trade, during the past three decades: "What factors explain the worldwide increase in skill premiums following international trade integration and increasingly globalized economies"? I propose a new...
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Recent studies on oil market demonstrate endogeneity of oil price by modeling it as a function of consumption and precautionary demands and producers’ supply. However, studies analysing the effect of oil price uncertainty on investment, do not disentangle uncertainties raised by underlying...
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share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …
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This paper provides new evidence on the reallocation of workers across firms and industries with different technologies in response to increased import competition from developing countries. Using employer-employee matched data for the Swedish manufacturing sector, we find increased assortative...
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countries, we find that offshoring generally lowers employment in manufacturing firms, and seems to increase the percentage of …In South Africa, the manufacturing sector -- important for growth and employment creation -- has shown declining growth …, poor productivity performance, decreased labour demand, and increased imports of intermediate goods (offshoring activities …
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occupationspecific effects: offshoring seems to have beneficial employment effects for native craft workers in this set of economies …This paper estimates conditional demand models to examine the impact of offshoring, technological change, and migration … industries) and managers/professionals in manufacturing. Furthermore, there are important distinctions whether offshoring occurs …
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