The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment … impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and … internationalization of employment. A third objective was to discuss the importance of international instruments that could help to …

of employment probabilities from offshoring of services inputs only, although, in contrast to manufacturing industries …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 …

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 …

We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population …

) income inequality. These include within-industry effects due to heterogeneous firms, the effects of offshoring of tasks …

workers in the middle of the wage distribution. In Offshoring in the Global Economy, noted economist Robert Feenstra offers a …, prices, and productivity on the macroeconomics of offshoring. In a concluding chapter, he addresses the broader implications … of both empirical and theoretical work on offshoring and suggests directions for future research. Ohlin Lectures series …

skilled employment in firms. This paper specifically analyzes the relationship between R&D offshoring and the demand for R …The offshoring of hightech services has greatly increased in recent years, with consequences for firms demand for …&D employment using firm‐level data for Spanish manufacturing and services companies during the period 2004‐2009. Estimating …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very … on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but far …