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The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate … wage determinant as important as exports. Furthermore, we also find significant differences in the relationship between …
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both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … side, we find (on the basis of the system GMM estimator) a positive effect of exports on industry wage premia. The results … wages is found to be significantly bigger when the latter come from low-income countries than from high-income countries …
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data to examine the impact of changes in exports and imports on changes in wage differentials, ii) examine the impact of … imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export side, we find a positive effect of exports on the industry …
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disaggregated industry level panel data to examine the impact of changes in exports and imports on changes in wage differentials, ii … exports on the industry wage premium. The findings also show that import penetration from low-income countries has a …
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This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...
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This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742945
Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...
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The US labour market has experienced a remarkable polarization in the 1980s and 1990s. Moreover, recent empirical work has documented a sharp increase in the wealth to income ratio in that period. Contemporary to these inequality trends, the US faced a fast technological catch-up as European...
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from less productive firms that pay lower wages to more productive ones. Following a trade liberalization the traditional …
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This paper studies the implications for wage inequality of two distinct forms of globalisation, namely trade and foreign direct investment. I use German linked employer-employee data to (1) jointly estimate the exporter and the multinational wage premium and (2) to further distinguish between...
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