distribution of incomes and employment, to consider explicit measures of well-being, which have been shown to depend on far more …

, Japanese firms resembled U.S. multinationals. A Japanese parent's employment, given the level of its production, tends to be … similar to that of Swedish firms, but contrasts with that of U.S. firms. U.S. firms appear to reduce employment at home …-wage countries. We conclude that in Japanese firms and ancillary employment at home to service foreign operations outweighs any …

greater flexibility in wages, these two countries also exhibit more stable employment behavior over the business cycle. In …

Japanese industry, and have effects on employment and output in sectors producing tradeable goods. This paper presents … estimate the impact of swings in the effective real exchange rate of the dollar and the yen on manufacturing employment and … the U.S. employment. These results are part of a larger research project to estimate the effects of the movements in the …

This paper exploits a unique offshoring survey to show that firms continue domestic production of the same goods they …. Firms' reactions also motivate a new offshoring measure - produced- good imports - that is readily observed in most firm …

The rise of offshoring of intermediate inputs raises important questions for commercial policy. Do the distinguishing … features of offshoring introduce novel reasons for trade policy intervention? Does offshoring create new problems of global … perform in a world where offshoring is prevalent? In this paper we provide answers to these questions, and thereby initiate …

offshoring in the short run and in the long run (when technology levels are endogenous). The short-run analysis shows that when … research efforts in response to increased offshoring. In particular, the rich country always gains from increased fragmentation …