Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills

被引：90

作者：

Becker, Sascha O. ^{[1
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Ekholm, Karolina ^{[2
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Muendler, Marc-Andreas ^{[3
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机构：

[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Econ, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

[2] Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden

[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Econ, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[4] Univ Warwick, CAGE, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

[5] Ctr Econ Policy Res, London SW1Y 6LA, England

[6] CESifo, Munich, Germany

[7] Ifo, Munich, Germany

[8] Forsch Inst Zukunft Arbeit GmbH IZA, Bonn, Germany

[9] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[10] Stockholm Univ, Dept Econ, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 2013年 / 90卷 / 01期

关键词：

Trade in tasks; Multinational enterprises; Demand for labor; Linked employer-employee data; FIRM-LEVEL EVIDENCE; EMPLOYMENT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.10.005

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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. The shift towards highly educated workers is in excess of what is implied by changes in either the task or the occupational composition. Offshoring to low-income countries-with the exception of Central and Eastern European countries-is associated with stronger onshore responses. We find offshoring to predict between 10 and 15% of observed changes in wage-bill shares of highly educated workers and measures of non-routine and interactive tasks. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：91 / 106

页数：16

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