We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal … informal sector. An improvement in the productivity in performing offshored tasks in the developing country raises offshoring … improvements in the informal sector expand both offshoring and outsourcing, and the developed nation wage must rise. When the …

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 …

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 …

This paper studies the effects of service offshoring on the level and skill composition of domestic employment, using a … rich data set of Italian firms and propensity score matching techniques. The results show that service offshoring has no …

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 …

Existing models of offshoring are not equipped to explain how global production sharing affects the volatility of … economic activity. This paper develops a trade model that can account for why offshoring industries in low wage countries such … States. We argue that a key to explaining this outcome is that the extensive margin of offshoring responds endogenously to …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the occupational task profile using rich … individual-level panel data. Our main results suggest that, when only considering within-industry changes in offshoring, we … identify a moderate wage reduction due to offshoring for low-skilled workers, though wage effects in relation to the task …

This paper empirically assesses the responsiveness of US offshoring to intellectual property rights (IPR) reforms in 16 … countries. We construct a measure of US offshoring at the industry level based on trade in intermediate goods, covering 23 … industries for the period 1973–2006. For each industry, we differentiate between broad offshoring and intra-industry offshoring …