Adjusting to globalization / Adjusting to globalisation edited by David Greenaway. - 165 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial note / Trade-related job loss and wage insurance : a synthetic review / An overlapping-generations model of escape clause protection / Structural change and the labor-market effects of globalization / Aspects of international fragmentation / Outsourcing, foreign ownership, and productivity : evidence from UK establishment-level data / Two dimensions of convergence : national and international wage adjustment effects of cross-border outsourcing in Europe / "Export experience" under borrowing constraints / Does exporting increase productivity? : a microeconometric analysis of matched firms / Outsourcing under imperfect protection of intellectual property / David Greenaway -- Lori G. Kletzer -- Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz -- Noel Gaston and Douglas Nelson -- Wilhelm Kohler -- Sourafel Girma and Holger Gorg -- Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr -- Saqib Jafarey and Sajal Lahiri -- Sourafel Girma, David Greenaway and Richard Kneller -- Amy Jocelyn Glass. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"The globalization process is pervasive, bringing a range of pressures to bear on firms and workers. This volume presents a series of cutting-edge essays, investigating the ways in which firms and workers are adjusting to globalization." "Together, they provide important insights into the microeconomic effects of globalization and highlight key issues for policy makers."--BOOK JACKET.

1405131691 9781405131698

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Globalization--Economic aspects--Congresses
International economic relations.
International economic relations--Congresses
Contracting out
Contracting out--Congresses
Labor market
Labor market--Congresses
Investments, Foreign
Investments, Foreign--Congresses
Globalization--Congresses

HF1359 / .A35 2005 JZ1318 / .A235 2005

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