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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries

Martins, Pedro S. - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...

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Domestic Multinationals, Foreign Affiliates, and Labour Demand Elasticities

Godart, Olivier N. - 2012

Using information on a panel of multinational firms operating in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005, we find that labour demand in domestic multinationals is less sensitive to labour cost changes than in foreign multinationals. This difference in the wage elasticity of labour demand persists...

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China's Latent Human Capital Investment : Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

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Acquiring Human Capital Through the Generations by Migration

Smith, James P. - 2013

Our focus will be on the role of migration to the United States from a set of important European sending countries as a … these migrants had remained in their sending countries. We find that the two European countries where the descendants gained …

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Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the United States

Lin, Carl - 2013

mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the U.S. labor market. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been …

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Social Identity and Inequality : The Impact of China's Hukou System

Afridi, Farzana - 2012

economic incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system which favors urban residents and discriminates …

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Institutional Discrimination and Assimilation : Evidence from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Chen, Shuo - 2020

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 banned Chinese immigration and institutionalized discrimination against Chinese in U.S. society. This study examines the impact of institutional discrimination on the assimilation of Chinese by exploiting the passage of the Act and the state-level variation in...

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Chinese Returnees and High-Tech Sector Outward FDI : The Case of Changzhou

Chen, Zhao - 2016

2008-10 survey of China's High-tech firms, conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, to estimate the …, language and business culture, and trade laws in both China and the West. Their unique skill sets and knowledge appear to serve …

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Employment Effects of Privatisation and Foreign Acquisition of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises

Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; Maioli, Sara - 2021

(SOEs) on employment growth, using firm level data for China and a combination of propensity score matching and difference …

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Do Foreign-Owned Firms Provide Better Working Conditions than Their Domestic Counterparts? A Comparative Analysis

Hijzen, Alexander - 2010

This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...

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