The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for...

Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations have grown, while middle wage occupations have shrunk. During the same period, the share of...

In this paper we analyze the conditions under which firms decide to offshore innovation. We consider the role of internal technological capabilities and technological dynamism in the firm environment, distinguishing speed and uncertainty of technological change. Using unique data from the German...

We estimate the impact of international trade on wages using data for French manufacturing firms. We instrument firm-level trade flows with firm-specific instrumental variables based on world demand and supply shocks. Both export and offshoring shocks have a positive effect on wages. Exports...

Mitte der 2000er Jahre gab es deutliche Anzeichen, dass nicht nur die Produktion, sondern auch die industrielle Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) dem Standort Deutschland zunehmend den Rücken kehrt. "Zuerst die Produktion und dann die Entwicklung", so wurde damals plakativ vor einem Ausverkauf...

Für die Industrie ist eine ressourceneffiziente Produktion ein wichtiges Thema. Grund dafür ist vor allem das Kosteneinsparungspotenzial. Dennoch könnten heute immer noch laut eigener Einschätzung von Industriebetrieben durchschnittlich 14 Prozent des Energiebedarfs und 6 Prozent des...

The end of the world's greatest autarky -- Confronting the competition: the limitations of trade policy -- Confronting the competition: how a strong dollar has hurt -- Investment: the winners and the losers from offshoring -- Helping the losers: the tragedy of trade adjustment assistance --...