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 …

This paper explores the welfare consequences of international outsourcing in the presence of resulting environmental … a framework for analyzing the effects of international outsourcing on environment and, ultimately, social welfare in … damage in a three-stage model of North-South trade. In stage 1, outsourcing firms in the North (e.g., United States [US] and …

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 …

This book was the first to examine the theory and practice of outsourcing and offshoring simultaneously. …:The reconfiguration of the world economy -- Note -- Part I: Conceptual frameworks and theories -- 1 Global outsourcing and offshoring: In …? -- Causal factors promoting the outsourcing/offshoring of high-value or core functions -- Reducing wages and costs -- Escalating …