This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …

of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account : offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring … depends on the offshoring channel. Offshore outsourcing of R&D has a positive effect on the anticipated domestic employment …, whereas in-house offshoring of R&D has a negative effect. Specific for the manufacturing sector is that offshore outsourcing …

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …

outsourcing decisions are affected by changes in country and competitor costs. A number of interesting regularities emerge. When a … developed countries. In many cases, the measured responses to cost changes appear to correspond with outsourcing theories that …

of internationalization (in-house offshoring vs. offshore outsourcing vs. in-house expansion of R&D abroad). Moreover …This study empirically explores whether R&D offshoring affects the domestic R&D employment at the firm level. Overall … effects. In the manufacturing sector, especially in-house offshoring of R&D has a significant negative impact on the plan to …

This study analyses the extent and motives of outsourcing and offshoring. We find that in early 2000, 10, 000 23, 000 …&D jobs have been relocated from Finland. Outsourcing is most commonly observed in ser-vice-related functions, but also … flexibility increases. In terms of R&D outsourcing, attempts to acquire knowledge, increase flexibility and reduce costs are …

.e., multinational enterprises and offshoring firms) contribute to occupational restructuring and to establishing the role of …