unemployment rates represent a second source of exogenous variation. Third, we propose a novel identification approach based on …

have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explanation is at odds with the sequence of observed facts. We propose and model an alternative scenario in which offshoring … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower …

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and … displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements … of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for production (vs. final goods for consumption); that it involves …

We analyze the effect of automation and offshorability on unemployment duration and post-unemployment outcomes such as … wages and employment stability. Our rich administrative data allow us to evaluate the importance of providing unemployment … the routine content in tasks as well as the probability of off-shoring negatively affects the re-employment possibilities …

years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at … the fragility of low-seniority jobs implies that layoff costs reduce the average job duration and increase unemployment …