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Competitiveness at the Country-Sector Level : New Measures Based on Global Value Chains

Marczak, Martyna - 2018

rates. Using the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) we employ the proposed indicators to shed new light on changes in cost …

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Working Conditions, Transparency, and Compliance in Global Value Chains : Evidence from Better Work Jordan

Robertson, Raymond - 2019

This paper estimates how compliance with national labor law and international labor standards within Jordan's garment exporting factories changed after the implementation of a transparency program that made compliance assessments publicly available. The estimation employs data from Better Work...

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International Specialization and the Return to Capital

Batista, Catia - 2010

How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a new integrated treatment to this question using a panel of 44 developing and developed countries over the period 1976-2000. We confirm the Heckscher-Ohlin prediction that, with...

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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade

Aleksynska, Mariya - 2012

Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business networks, and quantifies its impact on bilateral trade. Using cross-sectional data and controlling for the overall bilateral stock of migrants, the share of migrants employed...

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The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firms' Offshoring Decisions

Moriconi, Simone - 2018

The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms' potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and characteristics...

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Migration Gravity, Networks, and Unemployment

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Lin, Gary - 2022

We develop and estimate a theory-consistent gravity model for interregional migration flows in the presence of unemployment. Micro-founded in a setting where search friction regulates labor market transitions, we derive a migration gravity equation for bilateral mobility that embodies a...

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Migration and Globalization : Challenges and Perspectives for the Research Infrastructure

Kahanec, Martin - 2008

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...

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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships : A Cross Country Evidence

Neutel, Marcel - 2014

In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T....

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Technology, Skills, and Globalization : Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data

Lewandowski, Piotr - 2019

-skill occupations. We estimate the determinants of workers' RTI as a function of technology (computer use), globalization …. Globalization (as measured by sector foreign value-added share) increases RTI in poorer countries but reduces RTI in richer … globalization also important. Technology contributes the most to the differences in RTI among workers in high-skilled occupations …

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Globalization and Strategic Research Investments

Bohnstedt, Anna - 2011

We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...

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