Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This article contributes to the growing literature that tests empirically whether offshoring does indeed help to improve productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business...

Materialeffizienz entwickelt sich immer mehr zu einem wichtigen Thema in Wirtschaft und Politik. Real existierende und vermutete Knappheiten bestimmter Rohstoffe, steigende Materialkosten und die Abhängigkeiten Deutschlands als rohstoffarmes Land von Importen vieler Materialien sind nur einige...

First moves towards a real understanding of offshoring date back to very recent times. In particular for Japan, the studies conducted so far focus alone on the productivity effects of offshoring at the firm level. Here I carry out the analysis of both the employment and productivity effects at...