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Export-Magnification Effect of Offshoring
Kleinert, Jörn; Zorell, Nico - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2010
between offshoring and exports. We model a world consisting of many advanced countries that trade differentiated goods among …
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Exploiting the Potential for Services Offshoring: Evidence from German Firms
Eppinger, Peter S. - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2014
Services offshoring is on the rise. Due to recent innovations in communication technologies, many services that used to … over the past decades, indicating under-exploitation of the potential for services offshoring. To understand this … establishes that the level of services offshoring is lower in industries with greater offshoring potentials, as captured by their …
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Offshoring Potential and Employment Dynamics
Boockmann, bernhard - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2014
This study addresses the impact of offshorability (a job characteristic indicating how easily a job can be offshored) on employment changes and worker mobility in Germany. A composite measure of offshorability for German data is used which broadens existing measurements such as Blinder (2009)....
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Network and Border Effects: Where Do Foreign Multinationals Locate in Germany?
Spies, Julia - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2009
This study assesses the determinants of location choices of foreign multinational firms at the level of German federal states. Adjacency and existing firm networks are assumed to influence the investors’ profits in a given location by overcoming informational disadvantages when entering the...
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Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2009
We analyze the relationship between o®shoring and the onshore workforce composition tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. O®shoring is associated with a statistically signi¯cant shift towards more non-routine and more interactive tasks, and with a shift towards highly educated workers....
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