Does offshoring of materials and business services affect employment? Evidence from a small open economy

"The fear of massive job losses has prompted a fast-growing literature on offshoring and its impact on employment in advanced economies. This paper examines the situation for Belgium. It improves the offshoring intensity measure by computing a volume measure of the share of imported intermediat...

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Main Authors: Michel, Bernhard, Rycx, François
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Brussels 2009
ULB
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19188293124919064759-Does-offshoring-of-materials-a.htm
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description "The fear of massive job losses has prompted a fast-growing literature on offshoring and its impact on employment in advanced economies. This paper examines the situation for Belgium. It improves the offshoring intensity measure by computing a volume measure of the share of imported intermediates in output and it is among the first to address both materials and business services offshoring to high-wage and low-wage countries. Estimations of static and dynamic industry-level labour demand equations augmented by offshoring intensities do not reveal a significant impact of either materials or business services offshoring on total employment for Belgium between 1995 and 2003."
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Rycx, François
employment
statistics
outsourcing
Does offshoring of materials and business services affect employment? Evidence from a small open economy
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title Does offshoring of materials and business services affect employment? Evidence from a small open economy
topic employment
statistics
outsourcing
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