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Dr Catherine Thomas

Dr Catherine Thomas

Programme Director

Email:
c.m.thomas@lse.ac.uk
Links:
CEP Trade

Publications

Journal article
In-house and arms length: productivity heterogeneity and variation in organizational form

This paper analyzes firm boundaries in the US hotel industry. Hotel properties of a given brand are often managed either by a chain employee or by a franchisee. We document that brand properties with the lowest and the h... Read more...

Arturs Kalnins, Stephen F. Lin and Catherine Thomas

01 May 2020

CEP discussion papers
Missing trade in tasks: employer outsourcing in the gig economy

Only a small share of employers in high-wage locations procure services from abroad. We document heterogeneous employer adoption of an online labor market that facilitates trade in tasks with global workers. Job vacancie... Read more...

Christopher T. Stanton and Catherine Thomas

19 March 2019

CEP discussion papers
In-house and arms length: productivity heterogeneity and variation in organizational form

This paper analyzes how firms are organized in the U.S. hotel management industry. For most hotel brands, properties with intermediate room occupancy rates are relatively more likely to be managed by company employees ra... Read more...

Arturs Kalnins, Stephen F. Lin and Catherine Thomas

29 October 2018

Journal article
UK trade and FDI: A post-Brexit perspective

Leaving the EU will reshape the UK's economic relations with the rest of the world. This paper summarizes the findings of recent research studying the UK's role in the global economy, and the consequences of Brexit for U... Read more...

Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Veronica Rappoport, Thomas Sampson and Catherine Thomas

01 March 2018

CEP discussion papers
UK trade and FDI: a post-Brexit perspective

Leaving the EU will change the UK’s economic relations with the rest of the world. This paper discusses the UK’s role in the global economy and the consequences of Brexit for the UK’s trade, investment and living standar... Read more...

Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Veronica Rappoport, Thomas Sampson and Catherine Thomas

22 June 2017

CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance
Online hiring of offshore workers: the value of intermediaries

‘Old boy networks’ have not been rendered obsolete by modern communications technology. That is one of the conclusions of a study of global online labour markets by Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas. Their researc... Read more...

Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas

22 February 2016

CEP discussion papers
Landing The First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring

Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly. Despite this, intermediaries - called outsourcing agencies - have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that age... Read more...

Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas

28 November 2014

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