skilled labour for headquarter tasks and unskilled workers to conduct a continuum of production tasks. Firms can enter foreign … and the offshoring of tasks. At the firm-level, exporting leads to higher wages and employment, while offshoring of … production tasks reduces the wages paid to unskilled workers as well as their domestic employment. At the aggregate level, trade …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …

that more complex tasks are more costly to complete. Within the structure of our model, firms skew employment toward … occupations engaged in more complex tasks. Moreover, the distribution of employment is more skewed for more globalized firms …

largest US cities in the period 1990-2009. As a result of technological change some tasks can be placed at distance, while … others require proximity. We construct a measure of task connectivity to investigate which tasks are more likely to require … proximity relative to others. Our results suggest that cities with higher shares of connected tasks experienced higher …