outsourcing grew at rates experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where … outsourcing (1) would switch 4-digit occupations 2 percent less often, (2) would spend 0.1 percent less time unemployed, and (3 …We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider …

We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …

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

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and … displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements … of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for production (vs. final goods for consumption); that it involves …

offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder … exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening …

We discuss the effects of low-skill offshoring on the endogenous schooling decision of workers along with the potential …-deteriorating effects of offshoring. As a result, we aim at restoring welfare by increasing the opportunity cost of staying low-skill. In … offshoring that befall those in the lowest end of the skill ladder. …

We discuss the effects of offshoring on the labor market in a matching model with endogenous adjustment of educational … skills. We carry out a comparative statics analysis and show that offshoring leads to a restructuring of the economy through … skill-biased technical change (SBTC) where overall welfare is improved. In a policy exercise we show that, if offshoring …

We present a global production sharing model that integrates the organizational choices of offshoring into the … determination of relative wages in developing countries. The model shows that offshoring through foreign direct investment … contributes more prominently than arm's length outsourcing to the demand for skill in the South, thereby increasing the relative …

the routine content in tasks as well as the probability of off-shoring negatively affects the re-employment possibilities …