chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …

). 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 … others were not. Broadly in line with hypotheses derived from the literature there is no evidence that offshoring has a …

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 …

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …

faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings. …

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers’ wages are unaffected or even tend to …

This paper analyses the link between offshoring in German plants and the offshoring potential of their employees. We … use information on the offshoring potential of jobs from representative task data and merge it with linked employer …-employee data, for which information on different modes of offshoring behaviour is available. We empirically identify individual and …

Major technological advances have recently spurred a new wave of offshoring in services, which used to be non … question, suggesting that efficiency gains from offshoring may counteract direct job losses, which leaves the predicted net … effect ambiguous. This paper investigates the employment effects of service offshoring in a newly combined and exceptionally …

faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings …