-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …

This work offers new insights into the determinants of service offshoring across countries and across service … offshoring costs for all services, while the effects of other characteristics depend on the coordination requirements of the … effects of a membership in NAFTA, and a common colonial past on service offshoring patterns depend on the task content of the …

The rapid growth of offshoring has sparked a contentious debate over its impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector, which … generally are not captured in input cost and import price indexes. To assess the implications of offshoring bias for … offshoring. We find that from 1997 to 2007 average annual multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing was overstated by 0 …

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … model to jointly analyze the impact of a reduction in the costs of offshoring and of the costs of immigrating to the U …

growth of domestic and foreign outsourcing and offshoring. First, outsourcing and offshoring are poorly measured in U … impossible to fully assess the impact that mismeasurement and cost savings from outsourcing and offshoring have had on measured ….S. statistics, and poor measurement may impart a significant bias to manufacturing and, where offshoring is involved, aggregate …

through outsourcing. The objective is to raise domestic employment. Given that many of the important international markets …Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who export jobs … oligopolistic context. We find that while an outsourcing tax favors domestic workers by causing firms to switch to a greater use of …

This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U … Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade preferences from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to create …, we find that offshoring multinational activity and preferential market access are positively and consistently correlated …

I study the effects of service offshoring on white-collar employment, using highly disaggregated occupational data for … service offshoring is skill-biased, because it raises employment among high-skilled occupations and lowers employment among … medium- and low-skilled ones. Within each skill group, service offshoring penalizes tradeable occupations and tends to …