Adjusting to Globalization [Paperback]

• A collection of cutting-edge essays investigating the ways in which firms and workers are adjusting to globalization.
  
• Written by leading researchers in the field.
  
• Covers such issues as: outsourcing; the productivity effects of entry to export markets; job losses and wage insurance; and the protection of intellectual property.
  
• Presents original research on adjusting to globalization.
  
• Provides important insights into the microeconomics effects of globalization.
  
• Highlights key issues for policy makers.

2. Liberalisation and Compensation: Carl Davidson and Steve Matusz (Michigan State University).

3. Structural Change and the Labour Market Effects of Globalisation: Noel Gaston (Bond University) and Doug Nelson (Tulane University).

4. Aspects of International Fragmentation: Wilhelm Kohler (University of Linz).

5. Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity: Evidence from UK establishment level data: Sourafel Girma and Holger Gorg (GEP, University of Nottingham).

6. Two Dimensions of Convergence: National and International Wage Adjustment Effects of Cross-Border Outsourcing in Europe: Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck).

7. 'Export Experience' Under Borrowing Constraints: Saqib Jafarey (University of Liverpool) and Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University).

8. Entry to Export Markets and Productivity: A Microeconometric Analysis of Matched Firms: Sourafel Girma, David Greenl³“