specializing in a job task, workers perform bundles of tasks. Bundling occurs when tasks are complements. Using individual …-level data about job tasks, we analyze which tasks are complements. Such intrapersonal task complementarities limit the division … of labour as complementary tasks can only be unbundled at a cost (productivity loss). To illustrate this point, we apply …

on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm exports and imports respectively, on aggregate employment. The former …

In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by … impact on the skill structure of domestic employment in favor of skilled labor. The empirical evidence for German …

The activities of multinational enterprises drive the economic globalization process to a very large degree. This paper … lists some facts about their dominant role in all channels of globalization. Therefore, the importance of multinational …’ activities in the analysis of the globalization process. …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be …

The formation of new firms is an important determinant of economic development and the industrial organization … literature highlights agglomeration as one of the main factors affecting the formation and scale of operations of new firms. This … firms that choose to locate in a specific region within a specific industry) and urbanization (the benefits accruing to …

In the presence of increasing specialization of workers it becomes more and more difficult for firms to find the most …. This paper analyzes the consequences of this advantage for production, employment and, most prominently, wages. We are able …

effects on either wages or employment probabilities in manufacturing. In the service industries, workers are affected in terms … of employment probabilities from offshoring of services inputs only, although, in contrast to manufacturing industries …