Greg C. Wright

TL;DR: In this paper, a model based on the production task framework was used to demonstrate that the effect of offshoring depends on the intensity of use of these tasks and, ultimately, impacts domestic employment through three channels: a direct displacement effect, which negatively impacts employment, an output effect generated by the productivity gains from off-shoring, which reorganizes and increases aggregate production in the economy and impacts domestic jobs positively; and a substitution effect among factors and tasks, which has an ambiguous effect.

TL;DR: In this paper, the short-run, causal effect of information and communication technology adoption on the employment and wage distribution, providing direct insight into how ICT alters the demand for work within the firm.

TL;DR: The authors explored the impact of immigrants on the imports, exports and productivity of service-producing firms in the U.K. and found that immigrants increase overall productivity in service producing firms, revealing a cost cutting impact on these firms.

TL;DR: This article examined the state of available data for the study of international trade and foreign direct investment and found that the quality of trade data has suffered from budget cuts and the intangibility of trade makes measurement difficult, but budget cuts have added to the difficulties.