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A simple model of offshoring, which depicts offshoring as 'shadow migration,' permits straightforward derivation of … necessary and sufficient conditions for the effects on wages, prices, production and trade. We show that offshoring requires … modification of the four classic international trade theorems, so econometricians who ignore offshoring might reject the Heckscher …
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories … in developing countries? Using a parsimonious two-country model of offshoring, we find very nuanced results. These …
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The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are … by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories … in developing countries? Using a parsimonious two-country model of offshoring we find very nuanced results. These include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989829
This paper studies the relationship between immigration and offshoring by examining whether an influx of foreign … of immigrants into a municipality reduces firm-level offshoring at both the extensive and intensive margins. The fact … that immigration and offshoring are substitutes has important policy implications, since restrictions on one may encourage …
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nach der Komplexität seines Aufgabenspektrums unterschieden und Offshoring je nach Lohnniveau des Ziellandes eingeteilt …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 …
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We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider the reverse flow or 'inshoring' which is the sale of services produced in the United States to unaffiliated buyers in China and India. Using March-to-March matched CPS data for...
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A simple model of offshoring, which depicts offshoring as 'shadow migration,' permits parsimonious derivation of … necessary and sufficient conditions for the effects on ages, prices, production and trade. We show that offshoring requires … modification of the four classic international trade theorems. We also show that offshoring is an independent source of comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718363
To illustrate how small the effects are, suppose that over the next nine years all of inshoring and offshore outsourcing grew at rates experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where China and India have been particularly strong. Then workers...
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A simple model of offshoring, which depicts offshoring as 'shadow migration,' permits straightforward derivation of … necessary and sufficient conditions for the effects on wages, prices, production and trade. We show that offshoring requires … modification of the four classic international trade theorems, so econometricians who ignore offshoring might reject the Heckscher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465665
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