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The asymmetric effects of tariffs on intra-firm trade and offshoring decisions
Díez, Federico J. - 2010
-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …. -- Intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; outsourcing tariffs …
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Fixed exchange-rate policy and real wage growth : quasi-experimental evidence
Andini, Corrado - 2014
Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...
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Job spells, employer spells, and wage returns to tenure
Devereux, Paul J.; Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, J. Elizabeth - 2013
We show that the distinction between job spells and employer spells matters for returns to tenure. Employer spells encompass between-job wage movements linked to promotions or demotions while job spells don't. Using a 1% sample of the British workforce over the period 1975-2010, we find that a...
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Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in France and the United States
Lefranc, Arnaud - 2003
The objective of this paper is to provide a comparative assessment of the consequences of worker displacement in France and the United States. I estimate wage losses of displaced workers in the two countries and examine the relative contribution of two important sources of post-displacement wage...
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Domestic outsourcing in the United States : a research agenda to assess trends and effects on job quality
Bernhardt, Annette; Batt, Rosemary L.; Houseman, Susan N.; … - 2016
The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive research agenda to analyze trends in domestic outsourcing in the … process, we review definitions of outsourcing, the available scant empirical research, and limitations of existing data … predictions about likely impacts on job quality. We then lay out in detail a major research initiative on domestic outsourcing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446557
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Domestic Outsourcing in the United States : A Research Agenda to Assess Trends and Effects on Job Quality
Bernhardt, Annette; Batt, Rosemary; Houseman, Susan N.; … - 2016
The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive research agenda to analyze trends in domestic outsourcing in the … process, we review definitions of outsourcing, the available scant empirical research, and limitations of existing data … predictions about likely impacts on job quality. We then lay out in detail a major research initiative on domestic outsourcing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014128241
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The fall of the labor share and the rise of superstar firms
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - 2017
The fall of labor's share of GDP in the United States and many other countries in recent decades is well documented but its causes remain uncertain. Existing empirical assessments of trends in labor's share typically have relied on industry or macro data, obscuring heterogeneity among firms. In...
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Concentrating on the fall of the labor share
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - 2017
The recent fall of labor's share of GDP in numerous countries is well-documented, but its causes are poorly understood. We sketch a "superstar firm" model where industries are increasingly characterized by "winner take most" competition, leading a small number of highly profitable (and low labor...
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Market power and innovation in the intangible economy
Ridder, Maarten de - In: American economic review 114 (2024) 1, pp. 199-251
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Does immigration reduce wages?
De Brauw, Alan - In: The Cato journal : an interdisciplinary journal of … 37 (2017) 3, pp. 473-480
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