Offshoring and labor demand: Evidence from Belgian firm level data

The impact of technological progress and globalisation on domesticlabour markets is subject to a large debate. Recently, the o_shoringof services and its e_ects have attracted the attention of academics aswell as policy makers as the constant improvements in technology andglobal communications lead to increased tradability of services. Thispaper contributes to the literature by investigating the relationshipbetwee, employment outcomes and the o_shoring of both (interme-diate) goods production as well as services. To this end we combinetransaction level data on international trade in goods and serviceswith Belgian _rm level data from the annual accounts.status: publishe