This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different … and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the industry level, distinguishing outsourcing by broad region …. Estimating the same specification on different data show that there are some interesting differences in the effect of outsourcing …

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 …

not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign … offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …

FDI coexists with international outsourcing, family firms unambiguously decrease FDI, whereas the effect on international … outsourcing is ambiguous: A substitution process may work towards an increase in international outsourcing activities. …

The extent and structure of outsourcing and offshoring since 1971 is examined in this paper. Official statistics show …. Business cycle influences on the development of outsourcing and offshoring are low. Outsourcing varies by sector and size of … intermediate inputs and the wage ratio suggests that labor costs as a reason to outsourcing has decreased. Also, offshoring has …

Many companies in USA and Western Europe are taking advantage of developments ininformation technology and outsourcing … parts of the accounting process to vendors in otherparts of the world. Offshore outsourcing of accounting presents some … concerned with the potential for an outsourcing partner’s opportunistic behaviour.... …

offshoring(integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, weoverview existing …

equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allowsfor several goods and two fragments, produced with …

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to thepresence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanenteffects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in an … industry. Also, the initialadvantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock ineffect …