We offer a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence for a positive link between increased offshoring and individual skill upgrading. Skill upgrading takes the form of on-thejob training, complementing the existing literature, which mainly focuses on the retraining of workers after a direct...

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...

This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to...

This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large number of studies explaining the level effects of globalization on the labor market in that it takes a look at effects on second moments, i.e. the variance of incomes. It provides...

Recent developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and the growth of emerging economies such as China and India have not only increased international trade but have also led to offshoring of activities away from Europe. A firm's decision to move production away from Europe...

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms’ actual use of advanced information technology...

Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre, besonders jedoch seit der Jahrtausendwende, ist in Deutschland ein stetiger Rückgang der Arbeitseinkommensquote (AEQ) zu beobachten. Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht analysiert die dieser Dynamik zugrunde liegenden Ursachen und charakterisiert sie in ihrer...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie hat das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, und das Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI, Karlsruhe, mit der Durchführung des Monitoring der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland...