This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the … literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a simple theoretical model, we argue that …, if outsourcing is associated with specialization gains arising from an increase in the division of labor, domestic …

-level imports by country of origin and distinguish between firm-level outsourcing of final versus intermediate goods. Results … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of …

International outsourcing of services has come to occupy an increasingly important part of international trade …. Analytically services outsourcing is the export of services by a country to the outsourcing nation. Given this, the pattern of … essentially constitute outsourcers, and developing nations such as India and China that carryout outsourcing. Different …

This paper provides a literature review on the labor market outcome of international trade and outsourcing trends in …. International trade and outsourcing are examined not to be the determinant force of labour market movements. It tends to add to … Outsourcing-Aktivitäten auf die Arbeitsmärkte entwickelter Länder. Dabei wird dem Einfluss auf Beschäftigung, Löhne und …

the public concern can be addressed that international fragmentation and outsourcing to low wage countries lead to … outsourcing and critically assess the role of political intervention that aims to reduce unemployment benefits under …

Despite the public concern regarding the destructive employment effect of offshore outsourcing, empirical studies of U … of offshore outsourcing. I construct a partial equilibrium model of outsourcing with heterogeneous firms. Heterogeneity … in productivities generates different firm-level responses to outsourcing: the most productive firms outsource, the least …