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Offshoring, tasks, and the skill-wage pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277456
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm's headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278511
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Labor market effects of trade and FDI: Recent advances and research gaps
Pflüger, Michael P.; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - 2010
offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278710
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Offshoring to a Developing Nation with a Dual Labor Market
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2020
improvements in the informal sector expand both offshoring and outsourcing, and the developed nation wage must rise. When the …We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal … informal sector. An improvement in the productivity in performing offshored tasks in the developing country raises offshoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270098
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"Servicification of Manufacturing - Evidence from Swedish Firm and Enterprise Group Level Data"
Lodefalk, Magnus - 2010
The manufacturing industry in industrialised countries is often argued to servicify - use and sell more services - but knowledge is poor. We examine the phenomenon using detailed and com-prehensive micro level data at both the firm and enterprise group level for Sweden (1997-2006). We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654354
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319498
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884090
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693834
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Temporary Shocks and Offshoring: The Role of External Economies and Firm Heterogeneity
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703445
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Offshoring, Tasks, and the Skill-Wage Pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529132