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Globalization and executive compensation
Keller, Wolfgang; Olney, William W. - 2017
This paper identifies globalization as a factor behind the rapid increase in executive compensation and inequality over … executive compensation, indicating that globalization is influencing compensation through pay-for-non-performance. Furthermore … firms with poor corporate governance, as one would expect if globalization has enhanced rent-capture opportunities. Overall …
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Globalisation on Unemployment - A Panel Data Analysis for Europe, Japan and the United States (1999-2009)
Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2011
In the present paper it will be shown empirically that globalisation does not affect long term unemployment. Panel data cover for the period (1999-2009) the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130718
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The links between internationalization, skills and wages : The role of differences across firms and across partner countries
Serti, Francesco; Tomasi, Chiara; Zanfei, Antonello - 2010
Using firm level data on Italian manufacturing industry, we examine how trade activities are related to workforce composition and wages. We contribute to empirical research on these issues in three ways. First, we provide novel evidence that is consistent with multi-attribute models on firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008736247
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Globalization and wage convergence : Mexico and the United States
Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369823
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The Effect of Globalization on U.S. Labor Market : Service Sectors Considered
Feng, Ling - 2013
How has globalisation affected employment and wages in the United States? Existing studies largely ignore the intersector labour movement between the manufacturing and service sectors by focusing only on the intrasector movement within the manufacturing sector. However, by decomposing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072275
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Globalization and Wage Convergence : Mexico and the United States
Gandolfi, Davide - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051809
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Petrodollars, Globalization and U.S. Inflation
Hojjat, Tahereh Alavi - 2010
This paper evaluates the theoretical and empirical evidence that bears on the question of whether globalization and … globalization can be direct and indirect. Direct impact is through the cheaper imported goods to the U.S. as a component of Consumer … International Monetary Fund (IMF) for period of 1990-2005. Our findings suggest that, under current circumstances, globalization …
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The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing
Kleiner, Morris M. (contributor);  … - 2008
This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003754928
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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? : labor market effects of immigrant legalization
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2010
Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969725
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H-1Bs : how do they stack up to US born workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2011
Combining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the 2009 American Community Survey, we analyze earnings differences between H-1B visa holders and US born workers in STEM occupations. The data indicate that H-1Bs are younger and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524980