We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers’ wages are unaffected or even tend to …

This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German … industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of … sector, material offshoring, and offshoring to Central and Eastern Europe. Second, we find that the labour market adjusts to …

The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have … not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign … suppliers. In this study I provide stylized facts on offshoring in Europe between 1995 and 2008 taking into account this …

and to introduce new products and upgrade existing products. The effect of offshoring on R&D spending is significantly …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very …-level data on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but …

, we also report a 2-3 percent reduction in the level of materials offshoring following a switch to internet procurement …

Internationale Direktinvestitionen, die als entscheidender Motor der Globalisie­rung gelten, werden mehr und mehr durch … force of globalization - is increasingly dominated by merger and acquisition activities. Since the mid-1990s, an …