Offshoring and Outsourcing Potentials - Evidence from German Micro-Level Data

Tobias Brändle () and Andreas Koch

No 110, IAW Discussion Papers from Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW)

Abstract: This paper analyses the potentials of jobs to be offshored or outsourced. We use four waves of the BIBB/BAuA Survey on Qualification and Working Conditions in Germany and employ a large set of potential determinants of offshoring and outsourcing derived from the literature. Applying the datadriven method of principal component analysis, we provide two indicators that measure both the offshoring potentials (cross-country geographical relocation) and the outsourcing potentials (organisational relocation) at the level of jobs, occupations, tasks, or industries. Our results show significant variation in the determinants of both dimensions. In addition to the direct contribution, our paper provides two indicators that can be used to further investigate the economic effects of job offshorability.

Keywords: Outsourcing; International Trade; Offshoring; Trade in Tasks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 F16 J24 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2014-10
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