tends to drive innovation offshoring, high uncertainty about future technology developments results in more innovation … offshoring only for firms with low internal technological capabilities. Firms with high technological capabilities instead are … less likely to offshore innovation when uncertainty is high. We argue that these differences in offshoring behaviour …

In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between … manufacturing and services. Using firm-level data from the manufacturing and service sector in Germany and a broad range of ICT … measures, overall, the results reveal a positive relationship between offshoring and ICT. Thus, they support the argument that …

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …

This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost …, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to offshoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It is …

offshoring to unregulated jurisdictions. We first apply an analytical partial-equilibrium model of a two-stage production process …