The Effect of Offshoring on Labor Demand: Evidence from Sweden

Karolina Ekholm () and Katariina Nilsson Hakkala

No 654, Working Paper Series from Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Abstract: We analyze the effects of offshoring of intermediate input production on labor demand in Sweden, distinguishing between workers with different educational attainments. The econometric results using data for the 1995-2000 period indicate that offshoring -- in particular to low-income countries -- tends to shift labor demand away from workers with an intermediate level of education. Offshoring to high-income countries, which is the largest component of overall offshoring, does not have any statistically significant effect on the composition of labor demand.

Keywords: Offshoring; Labor Demand; Translog Cost Function; Factor-Biased Technological Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2005-12-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-fin and nep-lab
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