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International trade and its effects on economic growth in China

Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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Does "Network Closure" Beef up Import Premium?

Muscillo, Alessio; Pin, Paolo; Razzolini, Tiziano; … - 2018

We investigate whether network closure in the supply chain can explain the heterogeneity observed in import premia. Using unique panel data on trade flows among beef farms in the Italian region of Piedmont, we analyze a purely sequential supply chain characterized by the co-existence of two...

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Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Diasporas and Exports

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2018

local presence of immigrant entrepreneurs (i.e. firms owned by foreign-born entrepreneurs) in the manufacturing sector, and … on trade flows in manufacturing between Italian provinces and more than 200 foreign countries, we assess the causal … stock of (non-entrepreneur) immigrants by 10% would lead to a 1.7% increase in exports in manufacturing towards immigrants …

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On the pro-trade effects of immigrants

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2012

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very small geographical units (NUTS-3). Exploiting the very favorable setup offered by Italy's features - the very high number of countries of origin of immigrants ('super-diversity'),...

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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very small geographical units (NUTS-3). Exploiting the very favorable setup offered by Italy's features – the very high number of countries of origin of immigrants...

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The Origins of the Division of Labor in Pre-Modern Times

Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2018

This research explores the historical roots of the division of labor in pre-modern societies. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that intra-ethnic diversity had a positive effect on the division of labor across ethnicities in the pre-modern era. Exploiting a variety of...

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Creative Disruption: Technology Innovation, Labour Demand and the Pandemic

Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2022

We utilize a new survey on Norwegian firms' digitalization and technology investments, linked to population-wide register data, to show that the pandemic massively disrupted the technology investment plans of firms, not only postponing investments, but also introducing new technologies. More...

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The Impact of New Free Trade Agreements on Incumbent Firms and Workers

Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2023

they influence not only firms' economic performance, but also worker pay. Utilising panel-data on Norwegian Manufacturing …

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Labor Market Imperfections, Markups and Productivity in Multinationals and Exporters

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Kiyota, Kozo - 2017

This paper examines the links between the internationalization mode of firms and market imperfections in product and labor markets. We develop a framework for modelling heterogeneity across firms in terms of (i) product market power (price-cost markups), (ii) labor market imperfections (workers'...

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