particularly pronounced in industries with higher volatility. Combining industry-level data on the U.S. offshoring intensity with … measures of labor market rigidity and industry volatility, we find empirical evidence strongly supportive of the model …

offshoring plays for domestic volatility of employment. Offshoring is modeled as in Antràs & Helpman (2004), but we assume … has a pro-offshoring effect. And 2), under this same condition, offshoring increases volatility in domestic employment of … offshoring firms and the volatility of offshore employment of these same firms is larger than volatility of domestic employment. …