When materials offshoring is measured by estimating imported intermediate inputs, a common assumption used is that an … the 3-digit I-O industry level, there is a correlation of 0.68 between the offshoring shares made with and without the …

This paper studies how international trade influences U.S. presidential elections. We expect the positive employment … politically consequential. We also construct U.S. county-level measures of employment in high- and low-skill tradable activities …. We find increases in incumbent vote shares in counties with concentrations of employment in high-skilled tradable goods …