We develop a quantitative general equilibrium model to examine the impact of multinational production on the within-country wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. The model predictions are consistent with salient features of multinational firms in the data. Counterfactuals of a...

This paper provides new evidence on the role of human capital in shaping economies participation in multinational production. In particular, we primarily examine whether and to what extent the level of English language mastery among countries inhabitants affects the presence of multinational...

We develop a theory of a firm in an incomplete contracts environment which decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, the firm decides i) how many intermediate inputs are simultaneously combined to a final product, ii) if the...

This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...

This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...

This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...