We quantify the impact of offshoring and other globalisation measures on individual perceptions of job security. For … the analysis we combine industry-level offshoring measures with micro-level data from a large German household panel … survey and estimate ordinal fixed effects models. Our results indicate that offshoring to low-wage countries significantly …

realized offshoring as a threat to enforce lower wages. Using a large German household survey, I can show evidence that … increasing potential offshoring lowers wages through high job loss fears. …

The paper discusses the flexicurity model, its key policy elements, and association with a low unemployment rate and a … high standard of social security for the unemployed. It provides details of an empirical analysis of unemployment …

This paper challenges the conventional academic view that international outsourcing is just another form of gainful … trade. Contrary to this view, we show that labor-service outsourcing can reduce the high-wage country's welfare even when … product-market trade is beneficial, within a model that combines involuntary unemployment and monopolistic competition …