impact across industries and local labor markets in Germany. We find no evidence that robots cause total job losses, but they … 23 percent of the overall decline of manufacturing employment in Germany over the period 1994-2014, roughly 275,000 jobs … verarbeitenden Gewerbe, sowie die Auswirkungen auf lokale Arbeitsmärkte in Deutschland. Wir finden keine Anhaltspunkte dafür, dass …

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

I propose a "technology channel" through which imports of low-skilled intermediates (offshoring) benefit both skilled … presence of this channel. Offshoring is associated with large increases in technology variables -- equipment-labor ratio and R … structural model. Results show that it is the dominant mechanism through which offshoring affects labor outcomes, offsetting …

of the labour force. This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring, in five European countries (Germany, Spain … "offshoring", is an important element of such a (global in scale) process of structural change having important implications for … offshoring industries and types of professional groups affected by offshoring. Results provide a rather heterogeneous picture of …

Despite the public concern regarding the destructive employment effect of offshore outsourcing, empirical studies of U … of offshore outsourcing. I construct a partial equilibrium model of outsourcing with heterogeneous firms. Heterogeneity … in productivities generates different firm-level responses to outsourcing: the most productive firms outsource, the least …

manufacturing decline in Germany. It even retained those jobs in the economy. …