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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 …
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. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …
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reduce the relative prevalence of FDI or foreign outsourcing. The impact on the composition of offshoring depends on whether … supplier locations, and then study the effects of changes in the quality of contractual institutions on the relative prevalence … of these organizational forms. Better contracting institutions in the South raise the prevalence of offshoring, but may …
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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 …
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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 …
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outsourcing decisions are affected by changes in country and competitor costs. A number of interesting regularities emerge. When a … developed countries. In many cases, the measured responses to cost changes appear to correspond with outsourcing theories that …
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and non-routine content. -- Tasks ; offshoring ; outsourcing ; skills ; wages …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 …
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Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This … article contributes to the growing literature that tests empirically whether offshoring does indeed help to improve … productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business services offshoring on productivity growth with industry-level data …
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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 …
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Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce child labour in developing countries where the initial share of skilled workers in the adult workforce – though not as large as in developed countries – is nonetheless...
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