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On the effects of unilateral environmental policy on offshoring in multi-stage production processes

Schenker, Oliver; Koesler, Simon; Löschel, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

offshoring to unregulated jurisdictions. We first apply an analytical partial-equilibrium model of a two-stage production process …

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Offshoring and labor income risk

Hogrefe, Jan; Yao, Yao - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …

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Bayesian estimation of Cox model with non-nested random effects: an application to the ratification of ILO conventions by developing countries

Horney, Guillaume; Boockmann, Bernhard; Djurdjevic, Dragana - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

We use a multivariate hazard model for the analysis of data on the timing of ratifications of different conventions. The model accounts for two random effects, one at the country level and the other at the convention level. We use a semi-parametric Bayesian approach, based on the partial...

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The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labour and School Attendance

Boockmann, Bernhard - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

Child labour has always been one of the core concerns of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). In this paper, we investigate whether ILO conventions have contributed to reducing the scale of the problem. We use two approaches to answering the question. Evidence based on country-level data...

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GPD-linked Bonds as a Financing Tool for Developing Countries and Emerging Markets

Schröder, Michael; Heinemann, Friedrich; Kruse, Susanne; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

The paper examines the applicability of GDP-linked bonds for the financing of developing countries and emerging markets. GDP-linked bonds are bonds of which the coupon and/or redemption payments are tied to the GDP of the issuing country. The study encompasses a detailed empirical analysis of...

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Offshoring and relative labor demand from a task perspective

Hogrefe, Jan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost …, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to offshoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It is …

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Offshoring and ICT: Evidence for German manufacturing and service firms

Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between … measures, overall, the results reveal a positive relationship between offshoring and ICT. Thus, they support the argument that … ICT might be relevant for offshoring. Controlling for other firm characteristics, software to coordinate and to manage the …

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Readdressing the trade effect of the Euro: Allowing for currency misalignment

Hogrefe, Jan; Jung, Benjamin; Kohler, Wilhelm K. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

We know that euro-area member countries have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for such bilateral misalignment, we disentangle the conventional trade cost channel and trade effects...

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International Coordination of Quality Standards and Vertical Product Differentiation

Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

I study the influence of minimum quality standards in a partial-equilibrium model of vertical product differentiation and trade in which duopolistic firms face quality-dependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Three alternative standard setting arrangements are...

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Pricing to market of German exporters: evidence from panel data

Falk, Rahel; Falk, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

This paper investigates price discrimination of German exporters across different foreign markets. We examine the degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model is estimated using panel data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on...

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