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American Economic Review Vol. 102 No. 3 2012

Offshoring, Transition, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data

David Hummels1; Jakob Roland Munch2; Lars Skipper3; Chong Xiang1

1 Purdue University and NBER, 403 W. State Street, Economics Department, W. Lafayette, IN 47907. · 2 Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 26, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark. · 3 Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Frichshuset Hermodsvej 22, DK-8230 Åbyhøj, Denmark.

Abstract

We combine matched Danish worker-firm-trade data with detailed individual-worker training data. We find: 1) workers displaced from offshoring firms take up more vocational-training and have a harder time getting re-attached to the labor-force than other displaced workers, and they also exhibit higher vocational-training take-up rates 2 years before layoffs; 2) the staying workers with offshoring firms take up more vocational-training than those with non-offshoring firms; and 3) the post-secondary-training take-up rates for displaced workers are no different than for the general population.

DOI
10.1257/aer.102.3.424
Volume
102
Issue
3
Pages
424-428
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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