"The authors would like to thank the managing editor of the International Labour Review and the anonymous referee for their helpful comments. We also received very helpful comments from Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, José Luis Groizard, Arjan Lejour, Roman Stöllinger, Bas ter Weel, and participants at the following conferences: fifth Research Conference of the Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) Research Centre and the FIW Seminar in International Economics, Vienna, 2012; second international BIBB/IAB Workshop on Technology, Assets, Skills, Knowledge, Specialization (TASKS 2), Bonn, 2012; Turkish Economic Association (TEA) International Conference on Economics, Izmir, 2012; TOBB-ETU seminar “Effects of technology and offshoring on changes in employment and the task content of occupations”, Ankara, November 2012; XIV Conference on International Economics, Palma, Majorca, 2013; and the Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Gothenburg, 2013."

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