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In: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 332-335
ISSN: 2150-8372
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In: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 332-335
ISSN: 2150-8372
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w22647
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4817
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In: Journal of international economics, Volume 86, Issue 1, p. 101-117
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: Journal of international economics, Volume 111, p. 122-133
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: American economic review, Volume 105, Issue 12, p. 3704-3739
ISSN: 1944-7981
This paper studies the impact of an R&D cost shock on R&D investments, imported inputs, and their joint impact on firm performance. We introduce imported inputs into a model of R&D and endogenous productivity, and show that R&D and international sourcing are complementary activities. Exploiting the introduction of an R&D tax credit in Norway in 2002, we find that cheaper R&D stimulated not only R&D investments but also imports of intermediates, quantitatively consistent with the model. An implication of our work is that improved access to imported inputs promotes R&D investments and, ultimately, technological change. (JEL D92, F14, G31, H25, L25, O32, O33)
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13670
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5296
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While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its effect on the gender wage gap (GWG). This study argues that there is a systematic difference in the GWG between exporting firms and non-exporters. By the virtue of being exposed to higher competition, exporters require greater commitment and flexibility from their employees. If commitment is not easily observable and women are perceived as less committed workers than men, exporters will statistically discriminate against female employees and will exhibit a higher GWG than non-exporters. We test this hypothesis using matched employer-employee data from the Norwegian manufacturing sector from 1996 to 2010. Our identification strategy relies on an exogenous shock, namely, the legislative changes that increased the length of the parental leave that is available only to fathers. We argue that these changes have narrowed the perceived commitment gap between the genders and show that the initially higher GWG observed in exporting firms relative to non-exporters has gone down after the changes took place.
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