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countries and the effects on R&D, employment and sales. We provide evidence that imports from high-income countries are … innovation and productivity and firms tend to decline in sales and employment. …
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Global Value Chains (GVCs) provide an important opportunity to become member of the global economy. Gaining access to GVCs and the possibility of developing linkages with major suppliers and customers enables the prospect to upgrade products and production processes via knowledge and...
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Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in stark contrast with the descriptive evidence presented in this paper. Larger firms choose to export and are also more likely to adopt collective bargaining. We rationalize...
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This paper provides evidence on the labor market adjustments following a large import shock on both the individual and the firm level. We exploit a quasi-experimental shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as...
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production. Employment and wages diverged considerably within the German automobile industry. Relative to skilled workers, the … significantly to competitive pressure in the German automobile industry. Based on production and trade data, we trace two dimensions … foreign direct investment in Central Europe may have helped the relatively favourable employment and earnings record of the …
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greater, the more isolated the local labour market is. Wages are also expected to be higher in regions that interact strongly …
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further trade integration. …
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negative causal impact on employment in offshoring firms. The effect is positive and large for productivity, and weak evidence … what is often argued, therefore, we find no evidence for a negative causal effect of offshoring on employment in Germany or …
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We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work and schooling in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy … identifies geographical differences in the effects of trade policy through district and province level exposure to reduction in … exposure. Our main findings show that increased exposure to trade liberalization is associated with a decrease in child work …
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