) on employment changes and worker mobility in Germany. A composite measure of offshorability for German data is used which … employment creation is higher in non-offshorable occupations. Furthermore, both hiring and job separation rates decline with … leaving employment to other labour market states is higher if their jobs are more offshorable. …

We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final … products and firms' use of imports in production (offshoring). We use Finnish worker-firm data merged with product-level trade … occupations. An increase in import competition has larger negative effects than an increase in offshoring. Production workers …

countries, we find that offshoring generally lowers employment in manufacturing firms, and seems to increase the percentage of …In South Africa, the manufacturing sector -- important for growth and employment creation -- has shown declining growth …, poor productivity performance, decreased labour demand, and increased imports of intermediate goods (offshoring activities …

This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U … declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … employment loss, and we show that the U.S. employment trends differ from those in the EU, where there was no change in policy. …

estimate a precise zero effect of flag removal on employment and earnings outcomes. We rationalize these contrasting results by …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …