This paper analyses how international outsourcing affects plant productivity, with the major contribution lying in the … affiliates, tfp increases are lower, insignificant and sometimes negative. On the other hand, a higher intensity of outsourcing …, indigenous non-exporters are found to increase tfp for two periods after entering into international outsourcing, while …

This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization … outsourcing/offshoring indices based on input-output data (World Input Output Database, April 2012 release). Two-way relations … place, but international outsourcing plays a negligible role in wage equalization. Moreover, even though regression results …