We present a model which considers both regulatory burden of offshoring barriers and possible terms of trade gains from … offshoring tax. Otherwise, free trade is optimal. Welfare reductions from an offshoring tax are more likely with several … developed nations engaging in offshoring. We derive and characterize the Nash equilibrium in such a case …

The paper extends Dei (2010) to check the role of time zone difference on offshoring of service tasks when the quality … time. The problem of the service producers is to choose between domestic production and offshoring. Domestic production … employs high-quality skilled labours but the time management is inefficient. On the other hand, offshoring to a non …

In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and … displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements … of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for production (vs. final goods for consumption); that it involves …

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 …-level data on off- shoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest …

Industry measures of offshoring of material inputs are often generated using the proportionality assumption applied to … similar to the import share of a commodity for the total economy. This note compares estimates of offshoring for the Canadian … more reasonable offshoring measures …

I provide new empirical evidence on the direct and indirect impact of services offshoring on local employment and wages …, using a unique dataset on firms in the UK for the period 2000-2015. Exploiting variation in firms' services offshoring … across labour markets, I show positive aggregate local labour employment and wage elasticity to services offshoring …

scarce.The aim of this work is to analyze the evidence of offshoring in the labor market for an emerging economy at the firm … level. We examine if there are heterogeneous effects of offshoring. To this aim, we take into account the income level of … offshoring firms.The data source for this work is an unbalanced panel of manufacturing firms for the period 1998-2008 merged with …