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Globalization has become an unstoppable trend in nowadays world economy. It brings both risks and opportunities to a country. In order to seize the best part of globalization and avoid possible harms, it is important to comprehend the mechanisms of how openness impacts the overall economy. My dissertation includes three essays that contribute to understanding the impact of openness for the macro-economy. My first chapter starts from two novel observations - 1. Bilateral migration is pervasive across OECD countries, both for high-skilled and low-skilled workers; 2. Foreign affiliates of multinational corporations (MNCs) tend to hire a significantly larger fraction of migrant workers than domestic firms. These two observations challenge the traditional migration models, which assume foreign and native workers within a skill group are homogeneous. These facts also indicate that there exists a tight connection between migration and multinational corporations' activities. I formalize these two points into a general equilibrium model and demonstrate how MNCs and migration can come together to explain the aforementioned observations, and their welfare implications. In my second chapter, I use the theoretical model I developed in Chapter One for a quantitative discussion of immigration policies between the U.S. and Canada. I calibrate the model and implement counterfactual experiments to address two general policy considerations - the effect of migration quotas, and the welfare implication of moving cost adjustments. Contrary to common belief, I find that migration quotas have negative effect on native workers' real income. Further, lower moving costs in general help improving the welfare of workers from both countries. Finally, in the third chapter, I provide a theory to explain the observation that, before WWII, openness is general negatively related to long-term growth, while the relationship becomes positive after WWII. I argue that the effectiveness of technology diffusion between two trading economies is the key determinant of the net effect of openness to long-term growth. The more effective is technology diffusion between two countries, the more likely openness is good for their long-term growth.

by Ip Iam Chong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-160). / LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.i / ACKNOWLEGEMENTS --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii-v / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND FAMILY CHANGE1 --- p.1-15 / Chapter 1.1. --- JOIN THE WORLD OF CAPITALIST ECONOMY --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- DIVERSIFICATION OF PEASANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3. --- COASTAL CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4. --- WORKERS' STORIES --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- INDUSTRIALIZATION AND FAMILY DYNAMICS --- p.16-35 / Chapter 2.1. --- TWO ARGUMENTS OF FAMILY AND INDUSTRIALIZATION --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- """Breakdown"" Argument" --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- """Family Strategy"" Argument" --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2. --- FAMILY AS COHERENT UNIT: A CRITIQUE --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- Un-examined Assumption --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Individual Autonomy in Family --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.3. --- A Site of Conflicts --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3. --- "GENDER, FAMILY AND INDUSTRIALIZATION" --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4. --- FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTUALIZATION --- p.34 / Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- INFLUXES OF LABOUR AND CAPITAL --- p.36-51 / Chapter 3.1. --- EXPORT INDUSTRIALIZATION --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2. --- OPEN ECONOMIC POLICY --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3. --- INFLUXES OF CAPITAL THROUGH HONG KONG --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4. --- PEARL RIVER DELTA ZONE: REGAINS ITS LINKEAGES WITH CAPITALIST WORLD --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5. --- TAKEOFF OF DONGGUAN --- p.43 / Chapter 3.6. --- NEWLY DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL TOWN: TOWN C --- p.45 / Chapter 3.7. --- "POOR MOUNTAINOUS REGION: DAWU COUNTY, YANGGANG VILLAGE" --- p.46 / Chapter 3.8. --- REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC REFORM --- p.50 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DECLINE OF PARENTAL CONTROL ON LABOUR ALLOCATION --- p.52-73 / Chapter 4.1. --- DIFFERENT POINTS OF DEPARTURE --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1.1. --- Male: Extension of Original Autonomy --- p.52 / Chapter - --- Independent Working Experience --- p.54 / Chapter - --- Decision-making Process --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1.2. --- Females: From Dependent to independent --- p.60 / Chapter - --- Autonomy and Peer Group --- p.62 / Chapter - --- Serious Disagreement --- p.65 / Chapter 4.2. --- INDIVIDUALS INTERESTS DOMINATED HOUSEHOLD --- p.69 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- REINFORCEMENT OF PARENTAL CONTROL ON WAGE FUND --- p.74-94 / Chapter 5.1. --- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN LABOUR MARKET --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1.1. --- Women: Steady Wage and Steady Remittances --- p.78 / Chapter 5.1.2. --- Men: Irregular Income --- p.80 / Chapter 5.2. --- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RIGHTS TO HOUSEHOLD FUND --- p.85 / Chapter 5.2.1. --- Unequal Distribution of Rights --- p.86 / Chapter 5.2.2. --- Transfer Females' wages to Males --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2.3. --- Wage Contributions for Social Reproduction of Family --- p.89 / Chapter 5.3. --- HOUSEHOLD INTERESTS DOMINATED INDIVIDUALS --- p.91 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- BARGAIN AND COMPROMISE ON HOUSEHOLD REPRODUCTION --- p.95-122 / Chapter 6.1. --- HOUSEHOLD REPRODUCTION --- p.95 / Chapter 6.2. --- FAILURE OF ASSIMILATION --- p.96 / Chapter 6.2.1. --- """My home is not here!""" --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2.2. --- Split Labour Market --- p.98 / Chapter 6.2.3. --- Harsh Work and Danger --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.4. --- Localistic Antagonism --- p.103 / Chapter 6.2.5. --- Distrust in Urban Facilities and Institutions --- p.104 / Chapter 6.3. --- LOCALISTIC CONNECTIONS --- p.107 / Chapter 6.3.1. --- Supportive Networks --- p.108 / Chapter 6.3.2. --- Temporary Work and Residence --- p.111 / Chapter 6.4. --- WITHOUT OPTION --- p.113 / Chapter 6.4.1. --- "Women: ""Decide after return home.""" --- p.114 / Chapter 6.4.2. --- "Men: ""Working near home is easier.""" --- p.118 / Chapter 6.5. --- NEGOTIATIONS WITHIN HOUSEHOLD --- p.121 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSION: HOUSEHOLD STRATEGIES VS INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES --- p.123-144 / Chapter 7.1. --- REORGANIZATION AND DISORGANIZATION OF FAMILY --- p.123 / Chapter 7.2. --- THREE DIMENSIONS OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY --- p.124 / Chapter 7.2.1. --- Individual Strategy Dominated Family Strategy --- p.124 / Chapter 7.2.2. --- Family Strategy Dominated Individual Strategy --- p.126 / Chapter 7.2.3. --- Balance Between Family and Individual Strategy --- p.127 / Chapter 7.3. --- THE INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINS ON FAMILY STRATEGY --- p.129 / Chapter 7.4. --- "STRUCTURATION AS ""ENABLE AND CONSTRAIN""" --- p.130 / Chapter 7.4.1. --- Industrial Employment --- p.130 / Chapter 7.4.2. --- Household --- p.131 / Chapter 7.5. --- "RETHINKING ""HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY""" --- p.132 / Chapter 7.5.1. --- "Whose Strategies were ""Family Strategies""?" --- p.135 / Chapter 7.5.2. --- Family as Intersecting Point between Individual and Industrialization? --- p.138 / Chapter 7.6. --- CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY CHANGE --- p.139 / Chapter 7.7. --- LIMITATION --- p.145 / APPENDIX: Name List of Informants --- p.147 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.148-160

by So Chin-hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-132). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER I --- The PROBLEM --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Review of Population Mobility Research in China --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Population Mobility --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Urbanisation and Economic Development --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Secondary Sources of Population Mobility Data --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Aims and Propositions --- p.10 / Chapter 1.5 --- Statement of Research Problems --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6 --- The Concept of Population Mobility --- p.13 / Chapter 1.7 --- Background to Rural-Urban Migration in China --- p.15 / Chapter 1.7.1 --- Rural-Urban Migration Controls --- p.15 / Chapter 1.7.2 --- Rural-Urban Migration Since 1979 --- p.18 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Theoretical Background --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Field Research Design and Sampling --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Site --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Questionnaire --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Sample --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- The Sampling Methods --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3 --- Fieldwork in Shunde City --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Pilot Study --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Field Research in Shunde --- p.36 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- The PEARL RIVER DELTA AND SHUNDE CITY --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Pearl River Delta --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- Shunde City --- p.47 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- The DECISION TO MOVE --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Characteristics of Migrants --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Age and Sex --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Marital Status and Number of Children --- p.54 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Education Level Attained --- p.57 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Place of Origin --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1.6 --- Dialects Used in Place of Origin --- p.60 / Chapter 4.1.7 --- Length of Residence in Shunde --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2 --- Perceived Life in Village and City --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Life in the Village --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages of Life in the City --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3 --- Reasons for Migration --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Stated Reasons for Leaving the Village --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Stated Reasons for Moving to Shunde --- p.70 / Chapter 4.4 --- The Decision Making --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Person Making the Decision to Move --- p.72 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Decision to Move to Shunde --- p.74 / Chapter 4.5 --- Information of Opportunities --- p.75 / Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.77 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- The MIGRANTS IN THE CITY --- p.79 / Chapter 5.1 --- Adjustment to the Urban Environment --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2 --- Experiences in Shunde --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3 --- Urban-Rural Linkage --- p.90 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Urban-Rural Visits --- p.91 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Remittance --- p.95 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Permanent Residence --- p.97 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.100 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of Findings --- p.101 / Chapter 6.2 --- Policy Implications --- p.105 / Chapter 6.3 --- Suggestions for Further Research --- p.106 / APPENDIX --- p.108 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.112

Cohort study found that being insured and having longer exposure of health insurance significantly increased migrant workers' likelihood to use professional healthcare in Shenzhen, decreased their total occasions of professional healthcare utilisation, and were causally associated with a decrease in professional healthcare expenditures which were paid out-of-pocket in the 6 months of follow-up by migrant workers. / Internal migration has become a more and more prominent societal and economic phenomenon in mainland China and Shenzhen is one of the most frequently selected locales for rural-urban migrants. This thesis aims 1) to assess health status and to describe patterns of healthcare utilisation amongst migrant factory workers, 2) to follow up the sample over 6 months to understand the impact of health insurance participation on health service utilisation and health expenditures, and 3) to assess the implications for health policies. / Our results suggest that health strategies should take into consideration the specific health needs of the highly mobile factory migrant workers. Through insurance coverage, local health authorities may be able to help improve rural-urban migrant workers' health by improving services at community level, and incorporating psychological care in the services provided by Community Health Centres. / Questionnaire surveys were used in a representative sample from factory workers in Shenzhen. The baseline and follow-up studies were conducted during April to December 2009 in Shenzhen, China. / Results show that migrant factory workers in Shenzhen represent a broad combination of geographic complexity and have special socio-demographic characteristics. The results have specified some association between self-rated health and SES, and major correlates of depressive symptoms amongst migrant factory workers. The seroprevalence of antibodies to rubella amongst female migrant workers is too low to provide immunity in the population. Sex, age, education, sleeping hours and internet use were associated with being a current smoker. The crude two-week illness rate was 21.6%. More than half and 11.6% of sick migrant workers chose self-treatment or neglected their sickness, respectively. Self-perception of disease being not severe, lack of time and economic difficulties were the major explanations for not utilizing professional care. / Mou, Jin. / Adviser: Sian Meryl Griffiths. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-02, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-270). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

O objeto da pesquisa é o estudo da mobilidade do trabalho em suas diferentes formas no processo de modernização, no qual a rede social aparece como um produto e suporte de desencadeamento. Para tal, estudamos a migração de nordestinos para a metrópole de São Paulo e em especial uma grande rede social de piauienses. Esse último grupo de migrantes nordestinos vai se inserir no mundo do trabalho na condição de carregadores no terminal de abastecimento da Grande São Paulo. Assim, esses nordestinos demarcam a sua territorialidade, expressa na relação de trabalho, na sua origem e na sua residência. A Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais do Estado de São Paulo - CEAGESP - possui entre outros equipamentos um entreposto terminal de produtos hortifrutigranjeiros e pescado. Este entreposto está instalado desde 1966 na Vila Leopoldina, localizado na Zona Oeste da cidade de São Paulo. Ele é um grande mercado de trabalho, em que a mobilidade do trabalho está materializada sob diversas formas ocupação tanto na área interna, como no seu entorno. As formas de trabalho desse Mercado estão inseridos nos dois circuitos da economia urbana. / This research aims at studying the labor mobility in its different forms within the modernization process, in which the social network appears as its product and also as a ground for its development. Thus, we exam the migration of Brazilian Northeastern people to the city of São Paulo, more specifically those from the State of Piauí. Members of this group tend to introduce themselves in the labor market in the condition of carriers in the São Paulo metropolitan supplying terminal, known as CEAGESP. By that, these migrants define their territoriality, expressed in the labor relationships they establish in their origin places as well as in their local residences. The State of São Paulo General Mart and Warehouse Company - CEAGESP - has among other equipments a commercialization terminal of vegetables, fruits, and fish and poultry products. This mart has been installed at Vila Leopoldina since 1966, located in the West Zone of the city of São Paulo. Also, it constitutes an immense \"labor market\", where the labor mobility is materialized under various occupation forms, be it in its internal area or in its surroundings. The labor forms of this market are inserted in both the urban economy circuits.

全民健康保險實施後，政府保險費的補貼對勞動市場產生的影響，以及該影響所產生之勞工流動的現象，皆為本研究所探討之主題。 　　研究結果發現，在各種不同之勞動供給及勞動需求彈性下，政府保險費補貼對工資率的影響即有所不同。一般而言，政府對被保險人的補貼會使勞動市場之均衡工資率下降，但當勞動供給無彈性及勞動需求彈性無限大時，此影響即不存在，意即市場均衡工資率將不因該補貼政策而有所變動；至於政府對雇主保險費之補貼方面，除勞動需求完全無彈性的情況外，此種補貼的施行通常會使工資率上升，而就我國情況來看，由於各產業的勞動需求有彈性，而台北市大、小家庭已婚男性的勞動市場之勞動供給曲線已達後彎階段，故政府保險費補貼會使工資率上升，而在其他勞動市場的情況下，由於勞動供給曲線為正斜率，故政府對被保險人的補貼會促使工資率下降。 　　在實施全民健康保險後，若勞動市場之勞動需求彈性無限大，則其工資率將會因此而降低，但當該市場之勞動供給曲線為正斜率且勞動需求完全無彈性時，全民健康保險的施行反而會使其工資率上升，然多數的情況是：全民健康保險實施後，工資率的變動會呈現不明確的狀態，其將隨當時條件的不同而有不同的變動方向。 　　由於實施全民健康保險將促使勞動市場之工資率產生改變，但由於政府對各類被保險人補貼比例上的不同，造成各產業及各類被保險人工資變化上的差異，進而產生勞工流動的現象。在同一產業不同類被保險人的流動上，由於經實際工資計算的結果得知：就同一產業而言，以「自營作業」之身份投保者將獲得最低之實際工資，「公民營事業、機構有一定雇主之受雇者」次之，而「職業工人」最高，因此推論勞動者將較喜愛受雇於人的就業型態，同時有一定雇主之勞動者亦會傾向加入職業工會，設法以「職業工人」的身份投保。如此即造成各類被保險人相互流動的現象。 　　而政府實行該補貼政策時，在無法縮減其他公共支出的前提下，必會以課徵其他租稅的方法來籌措財源，若此財源來自於綜合所得稅，除勞動供給無彈性、勞動需求彈性無限大，及勞動供給曲線為負斜率且勞動需求有彈性的情況下，一般而言，此租稅的課徵會使工資率進一步上升。而我國之勞動市場多數屬於勞動供給為正斜率，而勞動需求為負斜率的型態，故若財源來自於綜合所得稅，則將會使工資進一步上升。至於以其他租稅做為補貼財源時，就一般分析而言，某些租稅的課徵會造成工資率的上升，但有些租稅反而會進一步降低工資率。然就實務上而言，由於我國加值營業稅有稅基廣、稅收穩定及課徵阻力小等優點，故本文認為，若我國一定要施行此保險費之補貼政策時，其最適之財源籌措方式應以課徵加值營業稅為宜。 　　然本研究發現，政府保險費之補貼將造成工資率的改變，進而扭曲被保險人就業型態及投保單位的選擇，並且產生勞工流動的現象，如此將造成社會的福利損失，再者，若該補貼之財源來自於各種扭曲性租稅的課徵，則政府保險受的補貼將更進一步產生社會成本。

"November 2003" / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 307-334) / xvi, 334 leaves : ill., maps, photos (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Social Sciences, Discipline of Geographical and Environmental Studies, 2004

Paper [I]- Household Migration and the Local Public Sector: Evidence from Sweden, 1981-1984 (co-authored with Michael L. Wyzan), contains an empirical explo­ration of the nexus between variables related to the local public sector budget and migration. Micro-data is employed in binomial and multinomial-logit regressions esti­mating the probability to migrate. We report results separately for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, because the per capita levels of the tax base and intergovernmen­tal grants are theoretically important migration determinants where population is sparse, while the tax rate may be more important where population is dense. Empirical results support our fiscal hypotheses and are consistent with previous findings on household characteristics. Paper [II]- Internal Gross Migration in Sweden: The effects of Variation in Mobility Grants and Regional Labour Market Conditions, focuses on the effects of labor market conditions and migratory stimuli on over county-border migration. Aggregate data on the flows of all migrants and on the flows of migrants receiving extra mobility stimuli are used in estimations of a single-equation migration model based on the hiring function. The results indicate that regional migration flows respond to changes in labor market conditions in accordance with predictions from economic theory. This result seems mainly to stem from the migratory behavior of the unemployed. In addition, nonmatching migration subsidies at the levels employed are not found to be migration enhancing. Paper [IH]- Employment Opportunities, Wages and Interregional Migration in Sweden 1970-1989, deals with the impact of aggregate labor turnover and regional labor market conditions on gross in- and outmigration. Annual panel data is used in estima­tion of separate in- and outmigration functions, where regional labor market conditions are assumed to be endogenous with migration under two different assumptions concer­ning the working of the labor market. An increase in the regional excess supply of labor is found to increase outmigration and decrease inmigration. Moreover, cyclical variation in labor turnover is positively correlated with gross migration. The hypothesized effects of real wages on migration are not confirmed. The results are not sensitive to the various assumptions concerning regional wage formation considered in this study. Paper [IV]- A Panel Study of Migration, Household Real Earnings and Self-Selec- tion (co-authored with Roger Axelsson). The effects of migration on household real earnings are examined. Data pertain to a sample of stable household constellations in Sweden, 1978-1991. A treatment-effect model is employed, whereby the potential effects of nonrandom sampling of data on earnings for migrants and nonmigrants are taken into account. We find that stable multi-adult household constellations did not gain in income from migration during the 1980s. In addition, we find no strong indications of selection bias in the income equation. / digitalisering@umu

Es gibt seit mehreren Jahren eine angeregte Diskussion über Wohl und Übel der Globalisierung beziehungsweise der Internationalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten. Handelspolitische Empfehlungen basieren häufig auf theoretischen Modellen, welche meist positive gesamtwirtschaftliche Wohlfahrtseffekte der Globalisierung prognostizieren. Allerdings verwenden die Standardmodelle oft relativ unrealistische Annahmen bezüglich der Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte. Mit Mobilität ist hier nicht die regionale Mobilität gemeint (welche ebenfalls nicht als perfekt angenommen werden sollte), sondern intersektorale Mobilität (Mobilität zwischen verschiedenen Wirtschaftszweigen) und intrasektorale Mobilität (Mobilität zwischen verschiedenen Berufen). Dabei geht es nicht allein um monetäre Kosten, wie sie durch Umzug oder eine Weiterbildung entstehen, sondern auch um nicht-monetäre Wohlfahrtsverluste. Nicht monetäre Wohlfahrtsverluste können zum Beispiel dadurch verursacht werden, dass eine Person nicht den von ihr erlernten Beruf ausüben kann oder sich an unattraktive Arbeitszeiten gewöhnen muss. Ziel der Arbeit soll es sein, aufzuzeigen, welche Konsequenzen sich aus der zunehmenden Internationalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten für die gesamtwirtschaftliche Wohlfahrt, Lohnhöhe und Einkommensverteilung ergeben. Dabei spielt die Mobilität der Produktionsfaktoren eine bedeutende Rolle für die Anpassungsfähigkeit einer Volkswirtschaft. Es ist zu erwarten, dass geringe Mobilität zu kurzfristigen Wohlfahrtsverlusten für wenigstens einen Teil der Arbeitskräfte eines Hochlohnlandes führen kann. Zunächst soll diese Fragestellung anhand aktueller theoretischer Modelle beleuchtet werden. Da diese statischen Modelle relativ unrealistische Annahmen bezüglich der Mobilität des Faktors Arbeit treffen, soll auf Basis von Daten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus dem Zeitraum von 1975 bis 2004 die tatsächliche intersektorale Mobilität sowie die intrasektorale Mobilität des Faktors Arbeit differenziert nach dem Qualifikationsniveau der Arbeitskräfte geschätzt werden. Unter Verwendung der Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung soll eines der zuvor dargestellten Modelle dynamisiert werden um die Arbeitsmarktimplikationen verschiedener Schocks vor dem Hintergrund internationalisierter Wertschöpfungsketten zu identifizieren.