The impact of service and goods offshoring on employment: Firm‐level evidence

We use a newly constructed database of Belgian firms that combines individual transaction‐level data on international trade in goods and services with annual financial accounts to produce fresh evidence on the impact of goods and service offshoring on employment and other firms’ outcomes for both the manufacturing industry and service sector. Our results show that: (i) goods offshoring has a positive impact on employment growth of both low‐ and...