Protectionism and anti-globalization tides have been rising already before the COVID-19
pandemic, with Brexit and the China-US trade war, as two examples. A continued disruption …

Highly skilled workers are not only a crucial and relatively scarce input into firms' productive
and innovative processes, but are also a critical resource determining competitive …

This article begins with an overview of the policy environment in the United States and
abroad for skilled immigration, with a particular focus on “supply-driven” versus “demand …

This paper exploits a unique offshoring survey to show that firms continue domestic
production of the same goods they offshore to low-wage countries. This shift towards …

This paper studies the effects of talented overseas returnees on firms' outward foreign direct
investment (OFDI). Using hand-collected data on the overseas experience of senior …

This paper shows that international labor mobility leads to higher-quality products, more
trade, and more effective global value chains. Exploiting variation in the time and intensity at …

Multinational firms can access global talent in two ways: by employing migrants in their
home country, or by employing foreign workers in their overseas affiliates. Taking a …

Abstract Changes in local labor supply may affect robot adoption by firms. We test this
hypothesis by exploiting an increase in the number of workers and a change in the local …

The prevalence of labor unions have declined post-WWII, and this paper examines whether
globalization is a contributing factor. Offshoring jobs abroad may change the composition of …

We investigate the impact of a large immigration shock on occupational wages. We develop
a general equilibrium model where individuals sort into occupations and confront testable …