, outsourcing and offshoring result in an overstatement of labor productivity and multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing … arises from offshoring activities. These findings may help explain why recent high growth in labor productivity has not been … - outsourcing and offshoring - depress wages. The effects of outsourcing and offshoring on manufacturing and aggregate productivity …

equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allows for several goods and two fragments, produced …. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration …

Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm … heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an … important determinant for Korean firms' offshoring decision. Firm's global sourcing decision may rather depend on other …

highlight the role of local institutions and firm capability in explaining firms' choice of offshoring and environmental …

highlight the role of local institutions and firm capability in explaining firms' offshoring and environmental strategy …

paper estimates the effects of offshoring on productivity in US manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2000. It finds … that service offshoring has a significant positive effect on productivity in the US, accounting for around 10 percent of … labor productivity growth during this period. Offshoring material inputs also has a positive effect on productivity, but the …