-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different implications of the growing importance of trade in intermediate inputs. The first … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … and estimates the importance of international trade in intermediate inputs and internationally mobile capital for the …

, trade, and informal employment as illustrated by the maquiladora industry in Mexico (chapter 4), the interaction between …-Maximilians-Universität München. It includes six self-contained chapters which deal with the following topics in empirical international trade and … countries to additionally include informal employment (chapter 3) as well as the relation between foreign direct investment …