In this paper, we develop a simple model of international outsourcing and apply it to processing trade in China. We …

different productivity levels choose different ownership structures and supplier locations, i.e., they choose different …

and how these responses, in turn, are transmitted to the labor market. In previous work, we have argued that outsourcing … input purchases from the Census of Manufactures. We construct industry-by-industry estimates of outsourcing for the period … 1972-1990 and reexamine whether outsourcing has contributed to an increase in relative demand for skilled labor. Our main …

Slaughter (1993), in this paper I try to determine the extent to which outsourcing by multinational corporations contributed to … firms. I find that most of these facts are inconsistent with widespread outsourcing. Second, to test more rigorously whether … and in fact may be price complements. Taken together, these findings indicate that multinational outsourcing contributed …

Ricardian model of offshoring. A unique final good is produced by combining a skilled and an unskilled product, each produced …-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress. Offshoring induces skill … relevant case, starting from low levels, an increase in offshoring opportunities triggers a transition with falling real wages …

multi-product firms, offshoring, intra-firm trade and firm export market dynamics …

correspond to an increase in outsourcing by multinationals from the United States and other Northern countries, is to shift …

U.S. manufacturing employment. Our findings suggest that offshoring by multinationals was a key driver of the observed …