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The Impact of Offshoring on Employment: A Meta-analysis

Over the last decades, the intensification of offshoring movements has generated important impacts on labour markets. The literature on this topic has, however, produced divergent results. We develop a meta-analysis of the empirical literature that estimates the effect of offshoring on employment in the origin country. We find that, although the overall effect is weak, there are important differences in the eff...

Determinants of Youth Unemployment: Evidence From 18 OECD Countries

Youth unemployment rates are significantly and consistently higher than total unemployment rates, hitting especially high values in a crisis context. The aim of this work is to assess the determinants of youth unemployment in developed countries, relying on a youth to total unemployment ratio. Using data from 18 OECD countries from 1990 to 2019, the results of the estimations indicate that labor market flexibil...

Automation and Off(Re)Shoring: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Offshoring characterizes much of the globalization phenomenon of the last century. However, the rapid development of automation technologies, combined with the disruption of Global Value Chains experienced at the international level, have put pressure on multinational's decisions regarding location of production activities.The ongoing debate on the effects of automation on off(re)shoring movements has gained gr...

Robots and Humans: the role of fiscal and monetary policies in an endogenous gr...