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Globalization of the automobile industry : Traditional locations under pressure?
Spatz, Julius - 2002
-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern and Central Europe. In addition, the automobile industries of Germany …, Japan and the United States engaged in outsourcing of relatively labor intensive segments of the value chain, especially on … differed considerably between Germany, Japan and the United States. Economic restructuring was least pronounced in the US …
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Ökonomische Effekte eines "Brexit" auf die deutsche und europäische Wirtschaft : aktualisierte Einschätzung im Lichte aktueller Entwicklungen : Studie im Auftrag von Bundesminister...
Flach, Lisandra; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Langhammer, Rolf J.; … - Ifo Zentrum für Außenwirtschaft; Institut für … - 2020
Diese Studie befasst sich mit der Quantifizierung der ökonomischen Auswirkungen des Austritts des Vereinigten Königreichs (VK) aus der Europäischen Union (EU) ("Brexit") auf die deutsche und europäische Wirtschaft. Seit dem Brexit-Referendum vom 23. Juni 2016 herrscht über die Zukunft der...
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Lieferketten in der Zeit nach Corona : Kurzgutachten im Auftrag der IMPULS Stiftung : Endbericht
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft - 2020
der internationalen Arbeitsteilung getragen. Erschwert Deutschland in Reaktion auf die Coronakrise die Kooperation mit …
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Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
Autor, David; Hanson, Gordon; Dorn, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...
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The Incentive Effect of IT: Randomized Evidence from Credit Committees
Schoar, Antoinette; Paravisini, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We distinguish the impact of information technology adoption on information processing costs and agency costs by conducting a randomized control trial with a bank that adopts a new credit-scoring tool. The availability of scores significantly increases credit committees' effort and output on...
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Trade and Tasks: An Exploration over Three Decades in Germany
Becker, Sascha O.; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. …
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The Anatomy of French Production Hierarchies
Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Caliendo, Lorenzo; Monte, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We use a comprehensive dataset of French manufacturing firms to study their internal organization. We first divide the employees of each firm into `layers' using occupational categories. Layers are hierarchical in that the typical worker in a higher layer earns more, and the typical firm...
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One Ring to Rule Them All? Globalization of Knowledge and Knowledge Creation
Freeman, Richard B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper directs attention at the globalization of knowledge and knowledge creation as the fundamental global driver of economic outcomes in today's information economy. It documents the globalization of knowledge and spread of scientific research from advanced to developing countries and...
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Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico
Atkin, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper presents empirical evidence that the growth of export manufacturing in Mexico during a period of major trade reforms, the years 1986-2000, altered the distribution of education. I use variation in the timing of factory openings across municipalities to show that school dropout...
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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and The Productivity of Suicide Bombers
Benmelech, Efraim; Berrebi, Claude - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper studies the relation between human capital of suicide bombers and outcomes of their suicide attacks. We argue that human capital is an important factor in the production of terrorism, and that if terrorists behave rationally we should observe that more able suicide bombers are...
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