In this paper, in order to study the impact of offshoring on sectoral and economywide rates of unemployment, we …, the economywide rate of unemployment decreases. We also find multiple equilibrium outcomes in the extent of offshoring and … therefore, in the unemployment rate. Furthermore, a firm can increase its domestic employment through offshoring. Also, such a …

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 …

Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who "export" jobs … through outsourcing. The objective is to raise domestic employment. Given that many of the important international markets … oligopolistic context. We find that while an outsourcing tax favors domestic workers by causing firms to switch to a greater use of …

Using microdata, we analyse the determinants of firm relocation and outsourcing decisions and their effects on firms …

show that roughly 50% of the observed raw differential in individual dismissal rates can be explained by the estimated …

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to …