by between 1.5% (R&D) and 3% (transport). The impact of offshoring on manufacturing labour demand is small on average … the length of the value chain is more important for employment in services functions in manufacturing than is offshoring. …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …

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 …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …

We employ input-output tables to study the relation between off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that not all types of off-shoring are positively related to productivity … growth. In particular, the international outsourcing of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow off-shoring”) is …

model, a firm's offshoring decision is governed by production cost savings, but also considers potential imitation risk. I … show that such a consideration reduces the level of offshoring compared to a static optimization and that adjustment of … offshoring volume with respect to changes in offshoring costs or labor endowment is characterized by overshooting and subsequent …

model, a firm’s offshoring decision is governed by production cost savings, but also considers potential imitation risk. I … show that such a consideration reduces the level of offshoring compared to a static optimization and that adjustment of … offshoring volume with respect to changes in offshoring costs or labor endowment is characterized by overshooting and subsequent …