Offshoring and Skill-upgrading in French Manufacturing: A Heckscher-Ohlin-Melitz View

Cuñat, Alejandro, Harald Fadinger, Christian Fons-Rosen and Juan Carluccio
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Alejandro Cunat

No 10864, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We present a factor-proportions trade model in which heterogeneous firms can offshore intermediate inputs subject to fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high-productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor-intensive inputs to the labor-abundant countries than low-productivity firms. Differently from the traditional versions of factor-proportions trade theory, Heckscher-Ohlin forces operate at the within-industry level, leading to endogenous variation in skill intensity across firms that is positively correlated with firm productivity. Using French firm-level data for the years 1996 to 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor-abundant countries affects the firm-level skill intensities of French manufacturers.

Keywords: Firm-level factor intensities; Heckscher-ohlin; Heterogeneous firms; Offshoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 F12 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10
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Working Paper: Offshoring and Skill-upgrading in French Manufacturing: A Heckscher-Ohlin-Melitz View (2015)
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