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Temi di Discussione Industry dynamics and competition from low-wage countries: evidence on Italy Industry dynamics and competition from low-wage countries: evidence on Italy INDUSTRY DYNAMICS AND COMPETITION FROM LOW-WAGE COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE ON ITALY
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@MISC{Federico_temidi,
author = {Stefano Federico and Stefano Federico and Silvia Magri and Massimo Sbracia and Luisa Carpinelli and Emanuela Ciapanna and Francesco D ' Amuri and Alessandro Notarpietro and Pietro Rizza and Concetta Rondinelli and Tiziano Ropele and Andrea Silvestrini and Giordano Zevi Editorial and Roberto Marano and Nicoletta Olivanti and Stefano Federico},
title = {Temi di Discussione Industry dynamics and competition from low-wage countries: evidence on Italy Industry dynamics and competition from low-wage countries: evidence on Italy INDUSTRY DYNAMICS AND COMPETITION FROM LOW-WAGE COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE ON ITALY},
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}
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Abstract
Abstract This paper analyses the effect of competition from low-wage countries on domestic activity, using data on 230 Italian manufacturing sectors between 1995 and 2007. It finds that low-wage import penetration is negatively related to employment and other measures of activity. The effect is significantly smaller in more skill, capital and R&D-intensive sectors and in more vertically differentiated sectors. There is also evidence of significant effects of low-wage competition through inter-industry linkages: employment is negatively related to low-wage import penetration in downstream sectors but positively related to low-wage import penetration in upstream sectors. JEL Classification: F16, F14, L60, D57.
