impact of this phenomenon on rich countries have stressed either a (positive) productivity effect associated with increased … offshoring in the short run and in the long run (when technology levels are endogenous). The short-run analysis shows that when … research efforts in response to increased offshoring. In particular, the rich country always gains from increased fragmentation …

We study the incidence of offshoring, or trade in tasks, on firms’ productivity and on manufacturing employment in a … has a Hick’s neutral technological edge over the other, tasks in which the productivity edge more than offsets offshoring … costs get offshored, giving rise to global disintegration of the production process. Offshoring raises firms’ productivity …

normative effects of offshoring: trade in tasks increases productivity of active firms and improves welfare in the offshoring … nation. -- Trade in tasks ; offshoring ; heterogeneous firms ; employment ; productivity ; welfare …Offshoring has gained a significant momentum in recent years. Firm size appears to be the leading factor …

We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we … productivity premia associated with the different sourcing strategies. We find strong empirical support for the predictions of the … model. -- productivity ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; foreign direct investment ; incomplete contracts ; firm-level data …

negative causal impact on employment in offshoring firms. The effect is positive and large for productivity, and weak evidence …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of "better" firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent …