heterogeneous firms and costly trade. Growth originates from horizontal specialization and the steady state productivity growth rate … production. -- productivity ; entry costs ; heterogeneous firms ; trade liberalization …

investigate the relation between firms' trading activities (importing, exporting or both) and productivity. We find important self … correlated within firms, failing to control for the importing activity leads to overstated average productivity premia of … exporters. -- Trade openness ; Firms' Heterogeneity ; Productivity …

to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate productivity. Since wage and productivity responses are endogenous, our … model is well suited to studying the impact of trade integration on aggregate productivity and factor prices. Using Canada …-US interregional trade data, we first estimate a system of theory-based gravity equations under the general equilibrium constraints …

connects theory and data. We take input-output linkages across industries into account and make use of the recently established …

workforce. The effects off-shoring on wages and job composition are also studied. That of low-skill and high-skill tasks, not … ; hollowing out ; skill biased technical change ; terms of trade ; off-shoring …

shares of high-skill as well as low-skill workers in the total workforce. The effects of off-shoring on wages and job … composition are also studied. Off-shoring of low-skill and high-skill tasks, not middle-skill tasks, is shown to contribute … technical change ; terms of trade ; off-shoring …

Estimating the causal effect of offshoring on domestic employment is difficult because of the inherent simultaneity of …. Underlying these results is substantial heterogeneity based on offshoring margin and firm organizational structure. For example …

offshoring” process on U.S. domestic employment and earnings in relevant services sectors. It draws upon relatively new … offshoring process sparked intense professional discussion. The study documents that U.S. trade in IT-enabled services is … computer services, an indication of substantial offshoring in that area; moreover, the significant two-way trade pattern in the …