fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor … 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor-abundant countries …

fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor … 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor …

We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational … enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated … not alter the direction of the relationship. We find offshoring to predict between 10 and 15 percent of observed changes …