of world trade matters for wage inequality. Therefore, trade integration, even among identical countries, is likely to … be reconciled with the fast growth of world trade and that the intersectoral mobility of capital exacerbates the effect … skill bias of world trade …

domestic products (GDPs) account for 36 percent of world GDP and whose mutual trade accounts for approximately 24 percent of … world trade. As for most proposed free trade agreements (FTAs), trade economists have provided ex ante computable general …

by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories … increase or decrease in the developing world as a result of a reduction in offshoring costs. Since global welfare always rises …The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are …

Does a reduction in offshoring cost benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a … parsimonious two-country model of offshoring we find very nuanced results. These include cases where wages monotonically improve …, worsen, as well as where wages exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship with the offshoring cost. We identify qualitative …

In this paper we explore the role that demand uncertainty plays for the offshoring decision, and the role that … offshoring plays for domestic volatility of employment. Offshoring is modeled as in Antràs & Helpman (2004), but we assume … firm's employment decision in its domestic and offshore production. In this environment, offshoring is driven by …