chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but …. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming … outsourcing indices and applying a panel data estimation of the effects on the within industries' wage gap in Germany, theory and …

generates a lower relative wage and a faster rate of innovation, in addition to a greater extent of international outsourcing … innovation incentives. In particular, we examine the following causal forces behind an increase in the extent of international …We study the role of increased outsourcing of production to a low wage country on relative wages across countries and …

differentiation is endogenously determined by firms' strategic investments in product innovation. Consumers seek variety and product … innovation is more skill intensive than production. Greater import competition increases innovation incentives, and thereby the …

differentiation is endogenously determined by firms' strategic investments in product innovation. Consumers seek variety and product … innovation is more skill intensive than production. Stronger import competition increases innovation incentives, and thereby the …