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 …

This working paper investigates a rare case of platform work performed in the realm of regulated employment and … workers' employment status. Thus, effectively, Deliveroo riders worked as dependent employees but were hired by SMart, not …

), 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 …

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 …

This paper surveys Mexico`s economic weaknesses and provides related policy recommendations. Current problems include …

This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a …

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 …

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the … period from 1988 to 2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment …, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output with non-agricultural employment and sectoral employment levels …