, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to offshoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It is …This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost …

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …

In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between … manufacturing and services. Using firm-level data from the manufacturing and service sector in Germany and a broad range of ICT … measures, overall, the results reveal a positive relationship between offshoring and ICT. Thus, they support the argument that …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …