effects of offshoring on aggregate demand and domestic employment. Offshoring is represented as labor-saving import … employment. If the markup remains constant, the net effect of offshoring on domestic demand and employment is ambiguous; it … through higher markups, the scale effect of labor demand is negative, and offshoring unambiguously reduces domestic demand and …

findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period … limits of trade policy in boosting employment and long-term productivity growth. Policymakers should manage their … employment effects. The results reinforce some of the key findings of the earlier literature, notably the positive …

employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of … growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies … help firms to grow larger but do not improve their productivity. …

Through their influence on the cross-sectional distribution of productivity across firms and workers, job creation and … destruction likely have an impact on the rate at which aggregate productivity changes over time. However, the nature of this … effect is not, a priori, clear. While a broad consensus has emerged suggesting that job destruction enhances productivity by …

) on employment changes and worker mobility in Germany. A composite measure of offshorability for German data is used which … employment creation is higher in non-offshorable occupations. Furthermore, both hiring and job separation rates decline with … leaving employment to other labour market states is higher if their jobs are more offshorable. …

We examine how the rapid growth in imports of manufactured goods from China affected industry-level employment in … manufacturing employment of between 89,900 and 209,800 workers – accounting for 8.5 to 19.8 per cent of manufacturing employment in …

This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is … typically associated with better export performance at the firm level due to productivity enhancements and new products. However …, the link between innovation and employment is more ambiguous. R&D targeted towards product innovation has been typically …

, finding that robots in developed countries decrease off-shoring just as employment in emerging economies. …The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic and public debates … advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on worldwide employment, including emerging economies. To instrument the …

, finding that robots in developed countries decrease offshoring just as employment in emerging economies. …The impact of robots on employment and trade is a highly discussed topic in the academic And public debates … advantage. We provide evidence on the effects of robots on worldwide employment, including emerging economies. To instrument the …

exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening … offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder …