Starting from the diagnosis that Germany has had better economic outcomes than most advanced countries since the mid … due to offshoring and (ii) the labour market reforms have subsequently reduced the offshoring-related unemployment by … inequality already generated by offshoring. In contrast with the traditional explanation based on the Hartz reforms, our model …

This paper analyzes the labor market effects of offshoring in a high-wage home country and how these effects crucially …, respectively. Offshoring to these origins has opposing effects on German wages with respect to the relative task complexity of jobs …: While offshoring to the West puts pressure on the wages of complex jobs and increases the wages of simple jobs, offshoring …

in regional employment within a rich vocational education setting in West Germany during 1979 and 2012. Results confirm … occupations has been the greatest, in Germany there is a greater trend towards occupational upgrading and larger growth in …

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 …

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 …

techies in 2002 saw greater polarization, and grew faster, from 2002 to 2007. Offshoring reduced employment growth. Among blue …

find that multinational firms in Austria and Germany are outsourcing skill intensive activities to Eastern Europe taking … found for the North American Free Trade Agreement. Skilled workers in Austria and Germany are losing from outsourcing. In … fears are justified for the two neighboring countries of Eastern Enlargement Austria and Germany. We find that Eastern …

Outsourcing was originally confined to peripheral business functions and mainly motivated by a cost saving logic, but … organizational culture fit is a key criterion in the selection of vendors for outsourcing; showing the need for outsource service … for the strategic outsourcing of IT and business processes, exploring the impact that culture plays as an inevitable …