International Outsourcing and the Sector Bias: New Empirical Evidence

Review of International Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-244

  Horgos, Daniel ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; OUTSOURCING; PANEL DATA; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE GAP;

GERMANY;

EID: 79954567957     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2011.00943.x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Amiti, M. and S.-J. Wei, "Fear of Service Outsourcing: Is It Justified?" Economic Policy 20 (2005):308-47.
2. Arndt, S. W., "Globalization in the Open Economy, " North American Journal of Economics and Finance 8 (1997):71-9.
3. Arndt, S. W., "Globalization and the Gains from Trade, " in K.-J. Koch and K. Jaeger (eds), Trade, Growth, and Economic Policy in Open Economies: Essays in Honor of Hans-Jürgen Vosgerau, Berlin: Springer (1998a):3-12.
4. Arndt, S. W., "Super-Specialization and the Gains from Trade, " Contemporary Economic Policy 16 (1998b):480-85.
5. Batra, R. and H. Beladi, "Outsourcing and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model, " Review of International Economics 18 (2010a):277-88.
6. Batra, R. and H. Beladi, "A Simple Two-Sector Model of Outsourcing, " Review of Development Economics 14 (2010b):64-73.
7. Campa, J. and L. S. Goldberg, "The Evolving External Orientation of Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from Four Countries, " NBER working paper 5919 (1997).
8. Chen, H., M. Kondratowicz, and K.-M. Yi, "Vertical Specialization and Three Facts about U.S. International Trade, " North American Journal of Economics and Finance 16 (2005):33-59.
9. Deardorff, A. V., "Fragmentation across Cones, " in S. W. Arndt and H. Kierzkowski (eds), Fragmentation: New Production Patterns in the World Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2001a):35-51.
10. Deardorff, A. V., "Fragmentation in Simple Trade Models, " North American Journal of Economics and Finance 12 (2001b):121-37.
11. Egger, H. and J. Falkinger, "The Distributional Effects of International Outsourcing in a 2×2 Production Model, " North American Journal of Economics and Finance 14 (2003):31-50.
12. Falk, M. and B. M. Koebel, "Outsourcing, Imports and Labor Demand, " Scandinavian Journal of Economics 104 (2002):567-86.
13. Feenstra, R. C., "Integration of Trade and Disintegration of Production in the Global Economy, " Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (1998):31-50.
14. Feenstra, R. C. and G. H. Hanson, "Foreign Investment, Outsourcing, and Relative Wages, " in R. C. Feenstra, G. M. Grossman, and D. A. Irwin (eds), The Political Economy of Trade Policy, Essays in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (1996a):89-127.
15. Feenstra, R. C. and G. H. Hanson, "Globalization, Outsourcing, and Wage Inequality, " American Economic Review 86 (1996b):240-45.
16. Feenstra, R. C. and G. H. Hanson, "The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wage Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990, " Quarterly Journal of Economics 114 (1999):907-40.
17. Geishecker, I. and H. Görg, "Do Unskilled Workers Always Lose from Fragmentation?" North American Journal of Economics and Finance 16 (2005):81-92.
18. Geishecker, I. and H. Görg, "Winners and Losers: A Micro-Level Analysis of International Outsourcing and Wages, " Canadian Journal of Economics 41 (2008):243-71.
19. Grossman, G. M. and E. Helpman, "Outsourcing in a Global Economy, " Review of Economic Studies 72 (2005):135-59.
20. Grossman, G. M. and E. Rossi-Hansberg, "Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of Offshoring, " American Economic Review 98 (2008):1978-97.
21. Haisken-DeNew, J. P. and J. R. Frick, "Desktop Companion to the German Socio Economic Panel." Available at, September (2010).
22. Hijzen, A., "International Outsourcing, Technological Change, and Wage Inequality, " Review of International Economics 15 (2007):188-205.
23. Hijzen, A., H. Görg, and R. C. Hine, "International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom, " Economic Journal 115 (2005):860-78.
24. Horgos, D., "The Elasticity of Substitution and the Sector Bias of International Outsourcing: Solving the Puzzle, " Helmut Schmidt University discussion paper 88 (2008).
25. Horgos, D., "Labor Market Effects of International Outsourcing: How Measurement Matters, " International Review of Economics and Finance 18 (2009):611-23.
26. Kohler, W., "Offshoring: Why Do Stories Differ?" in G. Tondl (ed.), The EU and Emerging Markets, Vienna: Springer (2009):17-49.
27. Krugman, P. R., "Technology, Trade and Factor Prices, " Journal of International Economics 50 (2000):51-71.
28. Leamer, E. E., "In Search of Stolper-Samuelson Effects on U.S. Wages, " NBER working paper 5427 (1996).
29. Sayek, S. and F. Sener, "Outsourcing and Wage Inequality in a Dynamic Product Cycle Model, " Review of Development Economics 10 (2006):1-19.
30. Strauss-Kahn, V., "The Role of Globalization in the Within-Industry Shift Away from Unskilled Workers in France, " NBER working paper 9716 (2003).
31. UNESCO "International Standard Classification of Education" (1997).
32. Yomogida, M., "Fragmentation and Welfare in Monopolistic Competition, " Review of International Economics 18 (2010):531-39.