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Specialization, gravity, and European trade in final goods
Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - 2012
We suggest that bilateral gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of absolute supply-side country differences are misspecified. Building on Haveman and Hummels (2004), we develop and test an alternative specification rooted in incomplete specialization that views bilateral gravity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318416
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Specialization, gravity, and European trade in final goods
Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - 2012
We suggest that bilateral gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of absolute supply-side country differences are misspecified. Building on Haveman and Hummels (2004), we develop and test an alternative specification rooted in incomplete specialization that views bilateral gravity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615086
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Specialization, Gravity, and European Trade in Final Goods
Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kočenda, Evžen - 2013
By combining and extending the previous literature, we develop and test a gravity specification that views bilateral gravity equations rooted in a Heckscher-Ohlin framework as statistical relationships constrained on countries’ multilateral specialization patterns. According to our results,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153747
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Global Delivery Models : The Role of Talent, Speed and Time Zones in the Global Outsourcing Industry
Manning, Stephan; Larsen, Marcus M.; Bharati, Pratyush - 2017
Global delivery models (GDMs) are transforming the global IT and business process outsourcing industry. GDMs are a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136833
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Inter-firm dependency and employment inequalities : Theoretical hypotheses and empirical tests.
Perraudin, Corinne; Petit, Héloïse; Thèvenot, Nadine; … - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2009
This article highlights the importance of power relations in inter-firm relations and analyses their impact on firms' employment management practices. We show, firstly, that the use of subcontracting creates a chain of inter-firm economic dependency because it leads the principal contractor to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012505
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Inter-firm Dependency and Employment Inequalities
Perraudin, Corinne; Petit, Héloïse; Thèvenot, Nadine; … - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 46 (2014) 2, pp. 199-220
This article highlights the importance of power relations in subcontracting relationships and analyzes their impact on firms’ employment management practices. We show that the use of subcontracting creates a chain of inter-firm economic dependency because it leads the principal contractor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011137371
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A Note on the Effect of Outsourcing on Union Wages
Braun, Sebastian; Scheffel, Juliane - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007
We analyze the effect of outsourcing on union wages in a simple two-stage game between a firm and a union. In contrast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861011
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Does International Outsourcing Depress Union Wages?
Braun, Sebastian; Scheffel, Juliane - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007
In this paper, we provide first empirical evidence on the effect of outsourcing on union wages using linked employer … appears to deteriorate the bargaining position of unions. Outsourcing is not found to have a negative effect on the wages of … unaffected by outsourcing, high skilled workers see their wages rise in industries with a high level of outsourcing. There is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861012
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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Micro Enterprises: Do Banks Matter? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Sundaram, Asha - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2011
likelihood of outsourcing of production activity to micro enterprises in more open industries. The study highlights the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246570
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Wage Growth Distribution and Changes Over Time : 2001-2018
Kalb, Guyonne R.J. - 2020
This paper investigates how wage growth varies among Australian employees with different individual characteristics and job characteristics, and how the role of these characteristics has changed over the 2001-2018 period. The results show that after increasing between 2002 and 2007, wage growth...
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