manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow …We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring”) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …

This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U …

This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U …, we find that offshoring multinational activity and preferential market access are positively and consistently correlated …

Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has … competing with the role of multilateral trade resistance. Our results support evidence for offshoring activities across Europe …

) can offshore routine tasks to a low-wage host country. The most productive firms self-select into offshoring, and the … impact on welfare in the source country can be positive or negative, depending on the share of firms engaged in offshoring … among entrepreneurs is higher with offshoring than in autarky. All results hold in a model extension with firm-level rent …

, that induces offshoring, is not necessarily welfare-enhancing for consumers, despite the lower cost of labor in the South …

of the Mexican economy such as the differences between maquila and non-maquila manufacturing plants and the existence of …

Germany exhibits a strong reduction in domestic manufacturing production depth (bazaar effect). I argue that this … equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allows for several goods and two fragments, produced …. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration …