perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of …

This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped … and unique Eurostat International Sourcing Survey. The results are easy to summarize. First, the magnitude of R …&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is offshored within the enterprise group, in contrast to offshoring outside …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very … on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but far …

not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign … offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …

FDI coexists with international outsourcing, family firms unambiguously decrease FDI, whereas the effect on international … outsourcing is ambiguous: A substitution process may work towards an increase in international outsourcing activities. … international transactions, an interesting question emerges: Do family firms adopt a different international sourcing pattern …

chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …

international outsourcing affects the individual risk of leaving the occupation. Moreover, a rich data set on tasks performed in … occupations is used to better characterize the sources of worker vulnerability. While international service outsourcing is … associated with an increase in overall stability, the impact of international material outsourcing is slightly negative. These …

of international offshoring from the recent patterns of 'domestic offshoring', the relocation of activities across … national border. Investigating the domestic and international offshoring patterns for West German manufacturing industries … already in later stages. International unbundling may consequently not be as unpredictable as it is currently believed to be. …