Offshoring and skill-upgrading in French manufacturing

Using French manufacturing firm-level data for the years 1996–2007, we uncover a novel set of stylized facts about offshoring behavior: (i) Low-productivity firms (“non-importers”) obtain most of their inputs domestically. (ii) Medium-productivity firms offshore skill-intensive inputs to skill-abund...

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Main Authors: Carluccio, J. (Author), Cuñat, A. (Author), Fadinger, H. (Author), Fons-Rosen, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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