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chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …
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This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German … industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of … sector, material offshoring, and offshoring to Central and Eastern Europe. Second, we find that the labour market adjusts to …
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chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010395778
countries. Focusing on China and using a shift-share design, we show that city-level capital goods import growth increases the …
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countries. Focusing on China and using a shift-share design, we show that city-level capital goods import growth increases the …
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In this paper we investigate a particular mechanism through which differences in demographic composition across countries affect international trade flows. Some cognitive functions are known to vary across the adult life span, and in particular the ability to update skills and adapt to changes...
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This paper studies how cross-country differences in labor market institutions shape the pattern of international trade, focusing on workers' skill acquisition. I develop a model in which workers undertake non-contractible activities to acquire firm specific skills on the job. In the model,...
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We develop a theoretical framework to explain firms' offshoring decisions in the presence of uncertainty. This model … sharp prediction of the prevalence of offshoring in a given industry: The propensity of firms to source intermediate inputs … particularly pronounced in industries with higher volatility. Combining industry-level data on the U.S. offshoring intensity with …
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, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to offshoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It is …This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost …
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, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to off-shoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It …This paper provides new evidence on how off-shoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent off-shoring cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075275