We investigate whether previous findings of only limited effects of investing abroad on the performance of parent firms can be explained by the aggregation of heterogeneous effects depending on the motive for foreign direct investment (FDI), sector, and location. Our results suggest, in line...

This study examines this endogeneity of worker's acceptable level of mismatch and its impact on workers' performance. First, we construct a theoretical model that depicts the tendency of a potential worker to take a job offer if the firm is ``attractive'' for some reason form them, even when he...

This paper explores the impact of offshoring, or contracting out of business activities to foreign providers, on firm productivity, using Japanese firm-level data for the period 1994-2000. We find that offshoring has generally a positive effect on productivity growth. This effect is robust to...