destroyed/created due to offshoring. Moreover, we do not find an effect on labour productivity, since the negative effect on …This paper analyses the effect of offshoring (i.e., the relocation of activities previously performed in-house to … foreign countries) on various firm outcomes (domestic employment, production, and productivity). It uses data from the …

German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent … firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tarif rates can lead to total factor productivity gains …

negative causal impact on employment in offshoring firms. The effect is positive and large for productivity, and weak evidence …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of betterʺ firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent …

on German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tariff reductions raise … parent firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tariff rates can lead to total factor productivity …

negative causal impact on employment in offshoring firms. The effect is positive and large for productivity, and weak evidence …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of "better" firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent …