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Robert C. Feenstra
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 298
Citations - 39591
Robert C. Feenstra is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Price index & Trade barrier. The author has an hindex of 83, co-authored 295 publications receiving 37147 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Feenstra include National Bureau of Economic Research & University of California, San Diego.
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Globalization, Outsourcing, and Wage Inequality
TL;DR: This paper found that outsourcing can account for 31-51% of the increase in the relative demand for skilled labor that occurred in US manufacturing industries during the 1980s, compared to their previous estimate of 15-33% by using data from the revised NBER trade database.
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Foreign Direct Investment and Relative Wages: Evidence from MexicoAS Maquiladoras
TL;DR: The authors studied the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the share of skilled workers in total wages in Mexico using state-level data on two-digit industries from the Industrial Census for the period 1975 to 1988.
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New product varieties and the measurement of international prices
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate how to incorporate new product varieties into a constant-elasticity-of-substitution aggregate of import prices, which is applied to U.S. imports of six disaggregate manufactured goods.
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Foreign direct investment and relative wages: Evidence from Mexico's maquiladoras
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the increase in relative wages for skilled workers in Mexico during the 1980s and found that growth in FDI was positively correlated with the relative demand for skilled labor.
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Globalization, Outsourcing, and Wage Inequality
TL;DR: This article found that outsourcing can account for 31-51% of the increase in the relative demand for skilled labor that occurred in U.S. manufacturing industries during the 1980s, compared to their previous estimate of 15-33%.