We analyze the effect of low-skill workers offshoring on the welfare of the economy. In the context of a matching model … unemployment benefits to compensate for the negative welfare effects of offshoring, it would only take a small reduction in the … with different possible equilibria, we discuss two policies that could potentially outweigh the negative welfare effects of …

-deteriorating effects of offshoring. As a result, we aim at restoring welfare by increasing the opportunity cost of staying low-skill. In …We discuss the effects of low-skill offshoring on the endogenous schooling decision of workers along with the potential …. Our exercise suggests that the endogenous adjustment of low-skill workers can only partially offset the welfare …

skill-biased technical change (SBTC) where overall welfare is improved. In a policy exercise we show that, if offshoring …We discuss the effects of offshoring on the labor market in a matching model with endogenous adjustment of educational … skills. We carry out a comparative statics analysis and show that offshoring leads to a restructuring of the economy through …

offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder … exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening …

This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign … of immigrants into a municipality reduces firm-level offshoring at both the extensive and intensive margins. The fact … that immigration and offshoring are substitutes has important policy implications, since restrictions on one may encourage …

factor. Offshoring jobs abroad may change the composition of domestic firms and employment and thus reduce union density … workers and firms in Denmark (1999-2017), which allows us to measure the exogenous threat of offshoring at the firm-level and … the unionization decisions of individual workers. The findings show that the threat of offshoring reduces unionization …