Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-106

  Becker, Sascha O ^a,d,e,f,g   Ekholm, Karolina ^b,d,e,i   Muendler, Marc Andreas ^a,c,e,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SVERIGES RIKSBANK   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e CESIFO   (Germany)

^f IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g IZA   (Germany)

^h NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand for labor; F14; F16; F23; J23; J24; Linked employer employee data; Multinational enterprises; Trade in tasks

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OCCUPATION; TRADE FLOW; WAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876412236     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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