This paper examines the channels through which offshoring affects employment in a representative sample of German … establishments, using a difference-in-differences matching approach. Offshoring establishments are identified by an increase in the … share of foreign to total inputs. We find that an average offshoring establishment has higher employment, higher …

linkages in open economies. Labor-market imperfections arise by virtue of country-specific real minimum wages. Two principal … experiments are considered. First, we show that trade liberalization under minimum wages differs significantly from trade … workers at home and abroad. In an extension to our baseline model, we illustrate that offshoring production from the high …

-level trade flows with firm-specific instrumental variables based on world demand and supply shocks. Both export and offshoring … shocks have a positive effect on wages. Exports increase wages for all occupational categories while offshoring has … elasticity of wages with respect to exports and offshoring is higher than in firms with no collective bargaining. Wage gains …

. Larger firms pay higher wages and exporters pay higher wages than non-exporters. The opening of trade enhances wage … inequality and raises unemployment, but expected welfare gains are ensured if workers are risk neutral. And while wage inequality …

with the theory, we find considerable evidence of higher wages and wage growth in large and/or foreign-owned firms. These … firms have higher wage growth and, with some exceptions, pay higher average wages, but not when compared to similarly large …

We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational … enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated … task or the occupational composition. Whether offshored activities are located in low-income or high-income countries does …

integration with global product markets has increased both average income and job turnover in Colombia. In contrast, the …

operates largely through the entry of new generations. This results in wages being tied to the sector of employment in the … short-run but to the skill type in the long-run. Relative to a world with general human capital, welfare is improved for the …