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-level Trade in Value Added (TiVA) indicators of offshoring and domestic outsourcing. The results suggest that employment in all … observed between the offshoring of inputs and domestic outsourcing with more routine-intensive jobs. Taken together, the … types of occupations positively relate to innovation. With respect to offshoring patterns, a positive correlation is …
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The paper answers two questions simultaneously. What is the effect of offshoring on firms' total factor productivity …? What is the effect of offshoring on skill-biased technological change? We estimate a model of firm production that allows … for the effect of offshoring on both total factor productivity and relative skilled labor productivity, and for spillovers …
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offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder … exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening …
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This paper estimates conditional demand models to examine the impact of offshoring, technological change, and migration … occupationspecific effects: offshoring seems to have beneficial employment effects for native craft workers in this set of economies … industries) and managers/professionals in manufacturing. Furthermore, there are important distinctions whether offshoring occurs …
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This paper explores the causes of skill-based employment differentials within the Turkish manufacturing sector over the period 1980-2001. Turkey is taken as an example of a developing economy that, in that period, had been technologically advancing and becoming increasingly integrated with the...
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This paper explores the causes of skill-based employment differentials within the Turkish manufacturing sector over the period 1980-2001. Turkey is taken as an example of a developing economy that, in that period, had been technologically advancing and becoming increasingly integrated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083379
I propose a "technology channel" through which imports of low-skilled intermediates (offshoring) benefit both skilled … presence of this channel. Offshoring is associated with large increases in technology variables -- equipment-labor ratio and R … structural model. Results show that it is the dominant mechanism through which offshoring affects labor outcomes, offsetting …
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"offshoring", is an important element of such a (global in scale) process of structural change having important implications for … of the labour force. This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring, in five European countries (Germany, Spain … offshoring industries and types of professional groups affected by offshoring. Results provide a rather heterogeneous picture of …
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Market-oriented reforms, such as liberalizing trade and encouraging foreign direct investment, can generate large efficiency gains for a country. However, there is also concern that lower-skilled workers are increasingly being replaced by technology and that more globalized markets are harming...
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We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...
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