[http://wiiw.ac.at] [http://fiw.ac.at] Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to the WIIW-FIW-SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS on MONDAY, 20 MARCH 2017, 3.00 – 4.30 PM wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna Import Competition in Services: Firm Survival, Firm Growth and Implied Changes in Employment YVONNE WOLFMAYR Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) The presentation is based on a paper co-authored with Elisabeth Christen (WIFO) and Michael Pfaffermayr (WIFO, University of Innsbruck). ABSTRACT Focusing on services firms and services trade in Austria, this paper provides new insights into the firm level employment effects of import competition at the industry level and its interactions with firm heterogeneity in productivity and size. We use firm level data from the Austrian Social Security database (ASSD) and apply a two part model that permits an integrated treatment of firm exit and firm growth and the resulting net changes in employment within a specific service sector. The results imply that higher levels of international competition increase the probability of firm exit and decrease employment growth in surviving firms with the impact inversely related to firm productivity and firm size as predicted by theory. In addition, we find that the geographical source of import competition is important, as the impact of trade on job creation are highest when trading partners are Central and Eastern European countries. Furthermore, the results imply that employment changes due to firm exits contribute an important part to the overall trade-induced change in employment and emphasize the importance to integrate the impact of firm exits into the analysis of employment impacts of trade. Keywords: Firm dynamics, Job creation, DHS growth rate, Import competition, Services JEL Codes: D22, F16, J23, L25, L80 WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [http://wiiw.ac.at/import-competition-in-services-firm-survival-firm-growth-a...] FOR THE EVENT. PARTICIPATION IS FREE OF CHARGE. This seminar series is an activity in the framework of FIW (Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft), which is a project designed to build a center of excellence in research on International Economics, funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). The seminar programme is regularly updated. Please visit the wiiw [http://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] or FIW [http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=748] website for the current version of the programme. Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our webpage [http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html] after the respective seminars.   Best regards, Julia Grübler [http://wiiw.ac.at/julia-gruebler-s-866.html] _Organizer_ -- Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien T: +43 1 533 66 10 F: +43 1 533 66 10 - 50 http://www.wiiw.ac.at/ [http://www.wiiw.ac.at/] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not want to receive further mailings please send an e-mail to boenisch@wiiw.ac.at Falls Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen des wiiw wünschen senden Sie bitte ein E-Mail an boenisch@wiiw.ac.at