Does the offshoring of production degrade or enhance the innovative capabilities of manufacturing firms? We contribute … products to China. We find causal evidence that offshoring impacts both the level and nature of innovation. In the technologies … evidence of a second-order positive effect of offshoring on the levels of innovation--particularly product innovation--in other …

debate: multinational firms faced with visa constraints have an offshoring option, namely, hiring the labor they need at … desired effects of increasing employment of natives, but rather have the effect of offshoring jobs. Combining visa data and …