chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …

engage in offshoring. Reshoring does occur but seldom for corrective reasons. China remains the most attractive site for …

This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization … outsourcing/offshoring indices based on input-output data (World Input Output Database, April 2012 release). Two-way relations … place, but international outsourcing plays a negligible role in wage equalization. Moreover, even though regression results …

This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped … and unique Eurostat International Sourcing Survey. The results are easy to summarize. First, the magnitude of R …&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is offshored within the enterprise group, in contrast to offshoring outside …

"Nedelyn Magtibay-Ramos, Gemma Estrada, and Jesus Felipe provide an analysis of the business process outsourcing (BPO …

Using microdata, we analyse the determinants of firm relocation and outsourcing decisions and their effects on firms …