Following a couple of decades of offshoring, the fear today is of reshoring. Using administrative data on Mexican … that are more exposed to automation in the U.S. through trade fared in exports and employment outcomes. The results show … employment, nor manufacturing wage employment overall. Yet, the latter is the result of two counteracting forces. Exposure to U …

The paper builds an argument that international trade can be an explanation behind polarization of employment in the … shares of high-skill as well as low-skill workers in the total workforce. The effects of off-shoring on wages and job … composition are also studied. Off-shoring of low-skill and high-skill tasks, not middle-skill tasks, is shown to contribute …