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Trade liberalization, technology import and skill upgrading in Tunisian manufacturing industries

Mrabet, Zouhair; Lanouar, Charfeddine - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 4 (2013) 3, pp. 338-357

observed in the international literature. Design/methodology/approach – For this purpose, the paper uses a manufacturing … Nations for six manufacturing industries. The methodology used here is a panel data technique, and consists of estimating a … positively affect relative employment of Tunisian manufacturing industries which confirms the existence of skill biased …

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Elementos para o estudo de um caso de sucesso na montagem automóvel em Portugal: a Opel Portugal

Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The interest to study this factory of GM group in Portugal is due to the facto of being one of the oldest assembly lines of the automotive sector still operating in Portugal (it was founded in 1963). Besides that, it went recently across a very intensive technological change, and then would be...

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Programa de Investigaciones sobre Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico en América Latina: Monografía de Trabajo: No. 38: Enero, 1981: Etapas históricas y conductas tecnológicas en u...

Castaño, Angel; Navajas, Fernando; Katz, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 1981

Presenta la incorporación y generación local de conocimientos tecnológicos en una planta metalmecánica argentina, la cual se desarrolla dentro de una tecnología discontinua, donde el nivel, estabilidad y ritmo de crecimiento de la demanda condicionan tanto el ritmo como la naturaleza del...

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Programa de Investigaciones sobre Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico en América Latina: Monografía de Trabajo: No. 51: Julio, 1982: Cambio tecnológico en la industria metalmecánic...

Katz, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 1982

Da a conocer los resultados de un Programa de Investigaciones en el campo de la producción metalmecánica latinoamericana, el cual constituye un intento para cubrir la carencia de información básica acerca de la realidad metalmecánica de la región. Examina en detalle la conducta económica...

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HYBRID RICE AND ITS IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY AND THE PATTERN OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND TRADE

Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Wailes, Eric J.; Chavez, Eddie C. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

The hybrid rice technology is one of the many ways in which productivity of scarce resources devoted to rice production could be enhanced, with the consequent alleviation of food insecurity. The findings of this study show that the hybrid rice technology has so far made some sizable...

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Should we internalize intertemporal production externalities in the case of pest resistance?

Martin, Elsa - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

Pesticides efficiency decreases with their global application by farmers. Within a strategic dynamic framework, this results in a classic intertemporal production externality. We analyze the fiscal scheme that can be implemented in order to internalize this externality. We show that it is able...

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GM RICE COMMERCIALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL RICE ECONOMY

Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Chavez, Eddie; Wailes, Eric - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

Genetically-modified (GM) rice is an important technology surrounded with controversy and uncertainty, hence it warrants more in-depth analysis. While GM rice is considered by its supporters as having promising potential, many still remain passionately against its use. This study assesses the...

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Trade, Labor Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change

Koeniger, Winfried - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of trade versus technological change on wage differentials. We propose an explanation of the stylized facts which is based on interactions between openness and technological change because of labor market institutions and government...

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Productivity in Indian manufacturing: evidence from the textile industry

Gambhir, Dhwani; Sharma, Seema - In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 31 (2015) 2, pp. 71-85

Purpose – Productivity gain in the manufacturing sector draws immense significance for all developing countries … this paper is to study the sources of productivity gain for large and small-scale manufacturing firms. Design …/methodology/approach – This paper studies productivity performance of Indian textile manufacturing industry using firm-level panel data of 160 …

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Tunisian labor market responses to trade liberalization: A dynamic analysis

Lanouar, Charfeddine; Mrabet, Zouhair; Teulon, Frederic - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014

The impact of trade openness and technology transfer on the relative demand for skilled labor remains a puzzle. The empirical findings surrounding this question are in total contradiction with the prediction of traditional international trade theory. This paper addresses this puzzle by...

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