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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1600| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers |
| Peer Review Status: | Unrefereed |
| Title: | Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills |
| Author(s): | Becker, Sascha Ekholm, Karolina Muendler, Marc-Andreas |
| Contact Email: | karolina.ekholm@riksbank.se |
| Citation: | Becker S, Ekholm K & Muendler M (2009) Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2009-18. |
| Keywords: | Trade in tasks multinational enterprises demand for labor linked employer-employee data International business enterprises Germany Wage differentials Germany |
| JEL Code(s): | F16: Trade and Labor Market Interactions F14: Empirical Studies of Trade F23: Multinational Firms; International Business J23: Labor Demand J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity |
| Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2009 |
| Date Deposited: | 1-Sep-2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2009-18 |
| Abstract: | We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated with a statistically significant shift towards more non-routine and more interactive tasks, and with a shift towards highly educated workers. Moreover, the shift towards highly educated workers is in excess of what is implied by changes in either the task or the occupational composition. Whether offshored activities are located in low-income or high-income countries does not alter the direction of the relationship. We find offshoring to predict between 10 and 15 percent of observed changes in wage-bill shares of highly educated workers and measures of non-routine and interactive tasks. |
| Type: | Working Paper |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1600 |
| Affiliation: | Economics Stockholm University University of California, San Diego |
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