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 …

engage in offshoring. Reshoring does occur but seldom for corrective reasons. China remains the most attractive site for …

integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides … vertical integration and of offshoring tend to have been more productive ex ante than firms choosing not to do so. This finding …

outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low …

concerning the nationality of relocating companies, the sectors and foreign locations affected and the job creation/loss impact …