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Service imports, workforce composition, and firm performance : evidence from Finnish microdata
Ariu, Andrea; Nilsson-Hakkala, Katariina; Jensen, J. … - 2019
characteristics to examine changes in employment composition and performance of Finnish service importers during a period of a … find that firms that increase imports of service inputs reduce employment of low-skill service workers, increase employment … survival. The employment composition and performance responses to service imports differ across firms in the manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118142
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Global production networks and employment : a developing country perspective
Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan F. - 2013
This paper provides evidence of the links between Global Value Chains (GVCs) and labour market outcomes, focusing on developing economies. The literature generally indicates that firms with international linkages—which we use here as a proxy for GVC involvement—tend to employ more workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775460
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Import competition and informal employment : empirical evidence from China
Wang, Feicheng; Liang, Zhe; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613313
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Import competition and informal employment : empirical evidence from China
Wang, Feicheng; Liang, Zhe; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601599
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Import competition and informal employment: empirical evidence from China
Wang, Feicheng; Liang, Zhe; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604357
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Import Competition and Informal Employment : Empirical Evidence from China
Wang, Feicheng; Liang, Zhe; Lehmann, Hartmut - 2021
This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216185
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Impact of Backward Linkages and Domestic Contents of Exports on Labor Productivity and Employment : Evidence from Japanese Industrial Data
Mohamedou, Nasser Dine; Chalil, Tengku Munawar - 2021
impact industry-level labor productivity and employment in Japan by estimating a static and dynamic panel model using data … driver of productivity and employment in Japan for all industries, while backward linkages lead to declining productivity and ….We find that the DVA exports variable promotes employment, whereas the FVA variable displaces it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311510
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Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2009
We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated with a statistically significant shift towards more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271465
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Trade and Tasks: An Exploration over Three Decades in Germany
Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2014
This paper combines representative worker-level data that cover time-varying job-level task characteristics of an economy over a long time span with sector-level bilateral trade data for merchandize and services. We carefully create longitudinally consistent workplace characteristics from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480842
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Trade and tasks : an exploration over three decades in Germany
Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2014
This paper combines representative worker-level data that cover time-varying job-level task characteristics of an economy over a long time span with sector-level bilateral trade data for merchandize and services. We carefully create longitudinally consistent workplace characteristics from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464704