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 …

the countries' authorities, openness, and transparency, consistently with the theory …

they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows …

The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms … probability. We also show that a firm's probability of offshoring increases with the share of its employees who are immigrants …

Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce …