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positive net effect on native employment while offshoring has no effect on it. We also find some evidence that offshoring has …How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation …
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firm heterogeneity offers new tools for analyzing the effects of offshoring on the employment dynamics within an individual … in the offshoring nation increases, the overall sector employment may increase or decrease. Policies promoting free trade …Offshoring has gained a significant momentum in recent years. Firm size appears to be the leading factor …
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The rapid growth of offshoring has sparked a contentious debate over its impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector, which … has recorded steep employment declines yet strong output growth - a fact reconciled by the notable gains in manufacturing … generally are not captured in input cost and import price indexes. To assess the implications of offshoring bias for …
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This work offers new insights into the determinants of service offshoring across countries and across service … offshoring costs for all services, while the effects of other characteristics depend on the coordination requirements of the … effects of a membership in NAFTA, and a common colonial past on service offshoring patterns depend on the task content of the …
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positive net effect on native employment while offshoring has no effect on it. We also find some evidence that offshoring has …How many 'American jobs' have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation …
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that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the …
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Surveys (ATUS) to investigate the effects of employment on the time a student spends on homework and other major activities … outcomes. Our results suggest that employment decreases the time that high school students spend on human …
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It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …
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Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
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We show that in a fully integrated economy, in which there is free mobility of goods and factors, each member’s share of total output will equal its shares of total stocks of productive factors (i.e., physical and human capital). We label this result the equal-share relationship. This...
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