When materials offshoring is measured by estimating imported intermediate inputs, a common assumption used is that an … the 3-digit I–O industry level, there is a correlation of 0.68 between the offshoring shares made with and without the …

Existing models of offshoring are not equipped to explain how global production sharing affects the volatility of … economic activity. This paper develops a trade model that can account for why offshoring industries in low wage countries such … States. We argue that a key to explaining this outcome is that the extensive margin of offshoring responds endogenously to …

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 …