In this paper we study the employment effects of changes in the levels and patterns of outsourcing in the Austrian … components. Outsourcing is modelled as changes in the shares of domestically produced intermediates. For this some further … indirect effects of changes in the levels and structures of outsourcing.Second, the framework takes account of all 60 sectors …

accounts. This material makes it clear that the growth of outsourcing and the related increases in domestic and foreign …

This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization … outsourcing/offshoring indices based on input-output data (World Input Output Database, April 2012 release). Two-way relations … place, but international outsourcing plays a negligible role in wage equalization. Moreover, even though regression results …

This paper extends the literature on the implications of offshoring for labour markets by investigating its effect on … international trade in manufacturing inputs. Being particularly interested in the wage effects of offshoring to low wage countries … (LWC), we employ precise LWC classifications (varying across industries and time) to decompose overall offshoring by source …

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 …

countries the level of outsourcing reached its limits at the beginning of the new millennium. At the same time, the offshoring … expenditures approach that allows us to consistently analyse the role of i) outsourcing, ii) offshoring and iii) changes in final …

of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account: offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring. The … offshoring channel. Offshore outsourcing of R&D has a positive effect on the anticipated domestic employment, whereas in …-house offshoring of R&D has a negative effect. Specific for the manufacturing sector is that offshore outsourcing of production also …

investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate … out of the labour force. Outsourcing is found to have no significant impact on job stability in the manufacturing sector … effect of outsourcing varies across skill levels. An analysis of the different labour market flows shows that labour market …

investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate … nonparticipation. Outsourcing is found to have no significant impact on overall job stability in the manufacturing sector, but it is … associated with increased job stability in the service sector. Furthermore, the effect of outsourcing varies strongly across …