Carluccio, JuanCuñat, AlejandroFadinger, HaraldFons-Rosen, ChristianUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa2017-07-262017-07-262015-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10230/24855We present a factor-proportions trade model in which heterogeneous firms can offshore intermediate inputs subject to fixed offshoring costs. In the skill-abundant country, high- productivity firms offshore a larger range of labor-intensive inputs to the labor-abundant countries than low-productivity firms. Differently from the traditional versions of factor- proportions trade theory, Heckscher-Ohlin forces operate at the within-industry level, leading to endogenous variation in skill intensity across firms that is positively correlated with firm productivity. Using French firm-level data for the years 1996 to 2007, we provide empirical support for the factor proportions channel through which offshoring to labor-abundant countries affects the firm-level skill intensities of French manufacturers.application/pdfengL'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commonsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperoffshoringheterogeneous firmsfirm-level factor intensitiesheckscher-ohlinBusiness Economics and Industrial OrganizationLabour, Public, Development and Health Economicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess