Offshoring, Employment and Wages Abstract: This paper reviews the debate on the economic effect of the international fragmentation of production also known as ?offshoring? and provides a preliminary investigation on the impact of imports of intermediate products on labor demand and wages in five European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom). Data are obtained from the Sectoral Innovation Database (SID) of the University of Urbino, a large database that merges statistical material from various sources (LFS; CIS; OECD STAN; WIOD). The first part of this work is devoted to a discussion of the concepts, the economic effects of offshoring and the debate that followed. The second section presents offshoring trends and discusses the results of a preliminary econometric analysis on the offshoring effect on wages and employment. Results suggest that offshoring has a general negative impact on labour demand and wages although at a more careful examination high-tech offshoring appear to have a positive influence on wages of medium and high-skilled workers

Bramucci, Alessandro

Offshoring, Employment and Wages Abstract: This paper reviews the debate on the economic effect of the international fragmentation of production also known as ?offshoring? and provides a preliminary investigation on the impact of imports of intermediate products on labor demand and wages in five European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom). Data are obtained from the Sectoral Innovation Database (SID) of the University of Urbino, a large database that merges statistical material from various sources (LFS; CIS; OECD STAN; WIOD). The first part of this work is devoted to a discussion of the concepts, the economic effects of offshoring and the debate that followed. The second section presents offshoring trends and discusses the results of a preliminary econometric analysis on the offshoring effect on wages and employment. Results suggest that offshoring has a general negative impact on labour demand and wages although at a more careful examination high-tech offshoring appear to have a positive influence on wages of medium and high-skilled workers

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Alessandro Bramucci: Ph.D. at University of Urbino, Department of Economics, Society, Politics, UniversitÃ di Urbino "Carlo Bo"

No 1506, Working Papers from University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Economics, Society & Politics - Scientific Committee - L. Stefanini & G. Travaglini

Keywords: Offshoring; International Outsourcing; Innovation; Employment; Wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2015, Revised 2015
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