This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …

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 …

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 … on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but far …

offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …

We analyze the effect of low-skill workers offshoring on the welfare of the economy. In the context of a matching model … offshoring, namely, an increase of the unemployment benefits and the flexibilization of the labor market. Our results suggest … unemployment benefits to compensate for the negative welfare effects of offshoring, it would only take a small reduction in the …

explanation is at odds with the sequence of observed facts. We propose and model an alternative scenario in which offshoring …

We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995–2001 by using an … stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from developed countries foster job-to-job transitions within manufacturing … material offshoring to low income countries which drives blue collar workers out of manufacturing. Therefore, policy …

The subject of offshoring and productivity has not yet received the attention it deserves. Here I propose a simple …-series perspective. This framework is then used to assess the impact of offshoring on skill upgrading and the labor share. For both … should be interpreted with caution yet clearly suggest that offshoring can improve labor productivity in the Semiconductors …