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Globalization of the automobile industry : traditional locations under pressure?

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dc.creator Spatz, Julius
dc.creator Nunnenkamp, Peter
dc.date 2002
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:14:18Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:14:18Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/2693
dc.identifier ppn:342082892
dc.identifier ppn:342082892
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2693
dc.description Even though the automobile industry is technologically advanced, the increasing integration of low-income countries into the global division of labor has put competitive pressure on traditional automobile producing countries. New end-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern and Central Europe. In addition, the automobile industries of Germany, Japan and the United States engaged in outsourcing of relatively labor intensive segments of the value chain, especially on a regional level. Our analysis of the labor market effects of these developments supports the predictions of trade models: Low-skilled workers and labor intensive subsectors of the automobile industry in traditional locations suffered deteriorating wage and employment prospects in the process of globalization. The adjustment to fiercer competition from below differed considerably between Germany, Japan and the United States. Economic restructuring was least pronounced in the US automobile industry, largely due to the resistance of trade unions. As a result, the employment record and the world-market performance of US automobile producers turned out to be poor compared to their German and Japanese counterparts.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1093
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F14
dc.subject L62
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Competitive pressure , outsourcing , specialization profiles , revealed comparative advantages , relative wages , employment restructuring
dc.subject outsourcing
dc.subject specialization profiles
dc.subject revealed comparative advantages
dc.subject relative wages
dc.subject employment restructuring
dc.subject Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
dc.subject Globalisierung
dc.subject Internationaler Wettbewerb
dc.subject Standortwettbewerb
dc.subject Beschäftigungseffekt
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.subject USA
dc.subject Japan
dc.title Globalization of the automobile industry : traditional locations under pressure?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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