Recent contributions on offshoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate … technologically determined sequence of production steps. In our model, cost savings from offshoring fluctuate along the production … from offshoring even if relocating individual steps would be advantageous in terms of offshoring costs, or they may …

), the 'quality' of such integration in terms of technological capabilities and the structure of employment in European … countries and sectors. We study employment shares in fabrication and headquarter occupations in terms of functional … specialisation and employment upgrading, making two specific contributions. First, we explicitly account for pre-existing asymmetries …

The impact of offshoring on domestic jobs is more complicated than it first appears. In the standard narrative …, offshoring production is thought to harm domestic workers by providing cheap alternative sources of labor. However, while … offshoring may directly displace domestic workers, the resulting foreign market access and lower production costs allow domestic …

of the labour force. This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring, in five European countries (Germany, Spain … with this variety of employment outcomes, the empirical evidence suggests that offshoring activities are mainly driven by a … of domestic jobs that are affected. In hightech industries the negative effects of offshoring on employment are …

"offshoring", and provides a preliminary investigation of the impact of intermediate imported inputs on employment and wages in … results of the econometric analysis. Results suggest that offshoring has a general negative impact on employment and wages … offshoring on domestic labor demand and wages. The second section of the paper presents offshoring trends and discusses the …

objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …

difficulties. This study explores potential future employment dynamics across European industries and employment groups for the …