The German Minimum Wage and Wage Growth: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Using Causal Forests

Burauel, Patrick; Schroeder, Carsten

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“…While the coefficient in the case of computer services (column 4) is also negative, it is, surprisingly, not statistically significant. 40 As modern computer services rely upon the availability of advanced telecommunications infrastructure, it appears likely that the telecoms STRI (column 3) partly captures manufacturing firms' capacity to use modern data-intensive computer services. 38 Formally, the calculation of the weighted STRI variable referring to the exposure of downstream manufacturing industry i in country c and year t to regulations of upstream services sector s can be expressed as 𝑆𝑇𝑅𝐼_𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖,𝑐,𝑡 𝑠 = 𝑆𝑇𝑅𝐼 𝑖,𝑐,𝑡 × 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖 𝑠 .…”

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“…However, a robustness check with an alternative data source for the dependent variable (UNIDO INDSTAT 4 database) provides a negative and statistically significant coefficient estimate for logistics services (see Table A D.8 in the Annex). 40 One potential explanation relates to the fundamental role of telecommunications infrastructure in defining the scope for the use of modern data-intensive computer services. Unlike the computer services STRI, the telecoms STRI covers details of the regulation of infrastructure access.…”

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Right here, right now? New evidence on the economic effects of services trade reform

2023

OECD Trade Policy Papers

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This paper provides evidence on the "when, how and where" of the effects of service trade policy reforms, discussing short-term impacts on services trade as well as on the performance of downstream manufacturing industries. A combination of novel methodological approaches is used to be able to track impacts over time and along the supply chain. The OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index serves as the measure for trade policy reform. Results show that reducing policy barriers to services trade can increase services imports already in the short run, and that benefits continue to grow over time. The impact of services trade reforms may still vary significantly depending on the nature of the policy change, the economic context, and the targeted mode of services supply. Finally, services trade reforms can have sizeable spillover effects on the productivity of manufacturing sectors that use services as intermediate inputs.

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confidence: 99%