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Trade and tasks : an exploration over three decades in Germany

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Becker, Sascha O. and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2015) Trade and tasks : an exploration over three decades in Germany. Economic Policy, 30 (84). pp. 589-641. ISSN 0266-4658.

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Abstract

This paper combines representative worker-level data that cover time-varying job-level task characteristics of an economy over several decades with sector-level bilateral trade data for merchandise and services. We carefully create longitudinally consistent workplace characteristics from the German Qualification and Career Survey 1979-2006 and prepare trade flow statistics from varying sources. Four main facts emerge: (1) intermediate inputs constitute a major share of imports and dominate German imports since at least the 1970s; (2) the German workforce increasingly specializes in workplace activities and job requirements that are typically considered non-offshorable, mainly within and not between sectors and occupations; (3) the imputed activity and job requirement content of German imports grows relatively more intensive in work characteristics typically considered offshorable; and (4) labour-market institutions at German trade partners are largely unrelated to the changing task content of German imports but German sector-level outcomes exhibit some covariation consistent with faster task offshoring in sectors exposed to lower labour-market tightness. We discuss policy implications of these findings.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Journal or Publication Title: Economic Policy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0266-4658
Official Date: 1 October 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
1 October 2015Available
8 December 2014Accepted
Volume: 30
Number: 84
Page Range: pp. 589-641
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Date of first compliant deposit: 12 August 2016

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