outsourcing in the Austrian economy over the periods 1995-2000 and 2000-2005. Based on an input-output framework, we apply a … coefficients and final demand components. Outsourcing is modelled as changes in the shares of domestically produced intermediates …

This paper examines the impact of offshoring on labour elasticities for a sample of 40 countries over the period 1995 …-2009 using the recently compiled World Input-Output Database (WIOD). Including measures of narrow and broad offshoring, as well … as indicators of manufacturing and services offshoring, in conditional and unconditional labour demand equations we find …

In this paper we examine the link between international outsourcing – or offshoring – and the skill structure of labour … cross-industry dimension and split employment into three skill categories. Our results indicate that while offshoring has …

’s production processes can now be located in different parts of the world, according to the comparative advantages of the locations …, while trade in semi-finished products is important for the chemicals industry. As the offshoring decisions are made at … to characteristics of the host and the destination country and the characteristics of the offshoring firms. Section 5 …

, Harmonisation Countries covered European Union Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The impact of offshoring on the skill … structure of labour demand (by Neil Foster and Robert Stehrer; pp. 10-15) Keywords Offshoring, Labour Demand, Skills Countries …

particular we look at the role of outsourcing in the process of trade integration of these countries. Further we discuss the … particularly for processed inputs and parts production are interpreted in a catching-up framework combined with outsourcing High … hypothesis that geographic proximity is important for outsourcing activities. …

In this paper we study the effects of high-tech capital, foreign direct investment flows and outsourcing on demand for … outsourcing we further distinguish the effects of trade and outsourcing on relative wages by different groups of partner countries …. This allows to study the effects of 'inward' outsourcing and foreign direct investment flows to Central and Eastern …

Topics Labour and Migration Outsourcing and skills an empirical investigation (by M. Landesmann and R. Stehrer; pp. 15 …-20) Keywords outsourcing, labour, skills, specialization Countries covered European Union, New EU Member States, Asia, USA Topics …