program petition data to micro-data from the U.S. Census Bureau. We exploit this data to assess how offshoring impacts … engage in offshoring, and that this leads to gains in output and (measured) productivity, and potential gains in employment … and wages, in the remaining domestic activities of the offshoring firm. Consistent with these models, we find that …

We construct a new linked data set with over one thousand offshoring events by matching Trade Adjustment Assistance … program petition data to confidential data on U.S. firm operations. We exploit these data to assess how offshoring affects … offshoring involves a fixed cost, we find that the average offshoring firm is larger and more productive than the average non …

In this paper, I estimate the impact of service offshoring on the real wages of U.S. workers by controlling for workers …' skill levels and the offshoring susceptibility of different tasks. Matching individual-level wage data with input … results from a Mincerian wage regression indicate that within skill groups, the impact of service offshoring on real wages …

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 …

result of offshoring - are increasingly associated with the reinvestment of these higher profits. Our regression analysis of … that offshoring is associated with a higher share of corporate profit in total value added. But the ‘dynamic' gains from … offshoring have not been fully realised because firms have purchased financial assets-especially share buybacks and higher …

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 …

reduction in US trade policy uncertainty: the conferral of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China. Using detailed data … trade policy uncertainty. Emission abatement is mainly driven by a decline in pollution emission intensity, and not by … pollution haven hypothesis whereby offshoring is central to the mechanism - US manufacturers begin to source from abroad and …

This work offers new insights into the determinants of service offshoring across countries and across service … offshoring costs for all services, while the effects of other characteristics depend on the coordination requirements of the … effects of a membership in NAFTA, and a common colonial past on service offshoring patterns depend on the task content of the …