Offshoring and Job Stability: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing

Alessia Lo Turco, Daniela Maggioni and Matteo Picchio

No 6514, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995–2001 by using an administrative dataset on manufacturing workers. We find that the international fragmentation of production negatively affects job stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from developed countries foster job-to-job transitions within manufacturing of all workers and white collars, respectively. However, the most detrimental effects for job stability come from material offshoring to low income countries which drives blue collar workers out of manufacturing. Therefore, policy interventions should especially focus on this latter category of workers more exposed to fragmentation processes and foreign competition.

Keywords: proportional hazard; offshoring; job stability; manufacturing; duration analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 F14 F16 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2012-04
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Published - published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2013, 26, 27-46

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