Offshoring, industry heterogeneity and employment
| Autor: | Rinaldo Evangelista, Dario Guarascio, Alessandro Bramucci, Valeria Cirillo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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OffshoringTechnological changeEmployment
offshoring Economics and Econometrics Labour economics technological change employment Offshoring business.industry Technological change 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Cost reduction Manufacturing 8. Economic growth 0502 economics and business 021108 energy 050207 economics business Job loss Empirical evidence |
| Popis: | This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring in five European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom), distinguishing between different types of inputs/tasks offshored, different types of offshoring industries and types of professional groups. The empirical evidence shows that offshoring activities are mainly driven by a cost reduction (labour saving) rationale. This is particularly the case for the manufacturing industry where offshoring is found to exert a negative impact among the less qualified or more routinized types of jobs, while the main difference between high- and low-technology industries has to do with the type of labour tasks that are offshored and the types of domestic jobs that are affected. In high-technology industries the negative effects of offshoring on employment are concentrated among managers and crafts. A specular pattern is found in the case of the low-technology industries where job losses are found among manual workers. |
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