"offshoring", is an important element of such a (global in scale) process of structural change having important implications for … of the labour force. This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring, in five European countries (Germany, Spain … offshoring industries and types of professional groups affected by offshoring. Results provide a rather heterogeneous picture of …

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

In this paper, we investigate the effects of offshoring on workers' job security using matched employer-employee data … from Sweden. For our observed period (1997-2011), while the share of firms engaged in offshoring fell during the period … from around 25% to 22%, offshoring per worker within offshoring firms almost doubled. We make use of this variation to …

International fragmentation, or outsourcing, is often referred to as a distinctly novel feature in today's global … outsourcing targets for western European firms. Against this background this paper provides a policy-oriented discussion of cross … European point of view. Specifically, the paper idetifies conditions under which outsourcing is beneficial for a western …

fragmentation may cause a domestic welfare loss, because outsourcing takes place in discrete steps where it affords firms quasi … process of fragmentation caused by less costly outsourcing is beneficial for the domestic economy. …

outsourcing, or international fragmentation. Economists have investigated this phenomenon with a focus on welfare and factor price … welfare efect of outsourcing. Moreover, the paper highlights a crucial distinction between outsourcing that takes place in an … firms must rely on arms-length trasactions. The results are as follows. a) With foreign direct investment, outsourcing which …

. The paper identifies conditions under which outsourcing to a low-wage country is a friend or an enemy to domestic labour …