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Can Inter-Industry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy? [PDF]

, 1988
This paper examines the relationship between labor market imperfections and trade policies. The available evidence suggests that pervasive industry wage differentials of up to 20 percent remain even after controlling for differences in observed measures of workers' skill and the effects of unions.
Lawrence Katz, Lawrence Summers
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Abertura, comércio intra-indústria e desigualdade de rendimentos: uma análise para a indústria de transformação brasileira

Nova Economia, 2009
This paper investigates the impacts of the trade opening and the intra-industry trade on wage inequalities between qualified and less qualified workers in the Brazilian manufacturing industry through a model of intra-industry trade.
Maria de Fátima Sales de Souza Campos, Álvaro Barrantes Hidalgo, Daniel Da Mata   +2 more
doaj  

Trade Trends Estimates: Latin America and the Caribbean - 2020 Edition 1Q Update

, 2020
This report presents estimates of Latin American and Caribbean international trade flows in 2019 and an update through the first quarter of 2020. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Microfluidic Engineering of Microgels: A Review of Emerging Technologies, Materials, Fabrication Strategies, and Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Recent advances in microfluidic technologies for microgel fabrication are critically reviewed, highlighting the capabilities and limitations of major microfluidic platforms and discussing how platform design, material selection, and crosslinking strategies influence microgel architecture and functionality. Current challenges and future opportunities in
Afshin Abrishamkar, Laura Neely, Cynthia Pham, Nada Ibrahim, Alexis Larios‐Cervantes, Ben A. Kertesz, Todd Hoare   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of digital trade export on wage inequality among enterprises: evidence from China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The inclusiveness and “fragmentation” of digital trade have created new possibilities for enterprises that used to face disadvantages in traditional trade, which may reshape the income pattern of enterprises.
Liping Zhou, Honglin Yuan
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International Trade and Inter-Industry Wage Structure in Swedish Manufacturing - Evidence from matched employer-employee data [PDF]

This study examines the inter-industry wage structure in Swedish manufacturing by using matched employer-employee data for the period 1996 to 2000. First, we use detailed individual and job characteristics to estimate industry-specific and time-varying ...
Yun, Lihong, Lundin, Nan Nan
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Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Report 2012

, 2013
This Sustainability Report covers sustainability progress and performance in the 2012 fiscal year for the Inter-American Development Bank.
Inter-American Development Bank
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Rational Control of Antibody Orientation for Enhancing Sensitivity and Specificity in Lateral Flow Immunoassays With Clinical Validation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Systematic investigation of antibody orientation strategies in lateral flow immunoassays reveals that a para‐substituted (aminomethyl)phenylboronic acid mediated probe (P‐6) combined with a biotin‐streptavidin test‐line modification achieves a synergistic 14‐ to 19‐fold sensitivity gain over conventional conjugation. Furthermore, multiplexed detection,
Pin‐Hao Wang, Shunmuga Nathan Shunmuga Nainar, Bing‐Han Zhuang, Shun‐Mao Yang, Hong‐Cheu Lin, Yang‐Hsiang Chan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring intra-industry trade and productivity in the South African pharmaceutical sector

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Background: The South African pharmaceutical sector is Africa’s largest and most advanced but heavily depends on imported products and active pharmaceutical ingredients to meet its demands.
Nwabisa Malimba, Tsitsi E. Mutambara, Juniours Marire   +2 more
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Self‐Assembled Monolayers in p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells: Molecular Design, Interfacial Engineering, and Machine Learning–Accelerated Material Discovery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights the role of self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) in perovskite solar cells, covering molecular engineering, multifunctional interface regulation, machine learning (ML) accelerated discovery, advanced device architectures, and pathways toward scalable fabrication and commercialization for high‐efficiency and stable single‐junction and
Asmat Ullah, Ying Luo, Stefaan De Wolf
wiley   +1 more source