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Trade and manufacturing jobs in Germany
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2017
manufacturing decline in Germany. It even retained those jobs in the economy. …
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Globalisation and employment in the EU electrical industry : a case study with emphasis on Germany
Diehl, Markus - 2000
major subsegments of the electrical industry is analysed in more detail for the case of West Germany. …
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The impact of international outsourcing on the skill structure of employment : empirical evidence from German manufacturing industries
Diehl, Markus - 1999
goods and have thereby neglected the impact of international outsourcing. In this paper it is argued that outsourcing can be …
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Globalisation and employment in the EU electrical industry : a case study with emphasis on Germany
Diehl, Markus - 2000
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Trade, employment and structural change : the Australian experience
Thompson, Greg; Murray, Tim; Jomini, Patrick - 2012
International trade produces income gains across the world by facilitating an efficient allocation of production among trading countries. However, increased trade exposure also creates some challenges, and there are adjustment costs associated with changing trade patterns. Effective...
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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Mohr, Robert D. - 1998
We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
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Does electricity drive structural transformation? : evidence from the United States
Gaggl, Paul; Gray, Rowena; Marinescu, Ioana; Morin, Miguel - 2019
Electricity is a general purpose technology and the catalyst for the second industrial revolution. Developing countries are currently making huge investments in electrification, with a view to achieving structural change. What does history say about its impact on the structure of employment? We...
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Does electricity drive structural transformation? : evidence from the United States
Gaggl, Paul; Gray, Rowena; Marinescu, Ioana; Morin, Miguel - 2020
Electricity is a general purpose technology and the catalyst for the second industrial revolution. What was its impact on the structure of employment? We use U.S. Census data from 1910 to 1940 and measure electrification with the length of higher-voltage electricity lines. Instrumenting for...
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Offshoring of services functions and labour market adjustments
Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - 2019
About 40% of employment in manufacturing is in services functions. This paper develops a measure of narrow outsourcing … face from outside IT suppliers. Narrow outsourcing is entered into labour demand functions where labour is broken down on … percentage point increase in narrow local outsourcing of services reduces manufacturing employment in the same services function …
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