Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52008 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5385
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advances which pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under the following (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turn to a task-based approach, (2) firm heterogeneity and labor markets, (3) complex offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing empirical work covering the labor market effects of trade and FDI. Finally, we identify and summarize the existing research gaps and thereby we highlight promising avenues for future research.
Subjects: 
offshoring
outsourcing
FDI
trade
labor markets
agglomeration
JEL: 
F16
F23
R12
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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