Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/107648
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IAW Diskussionspapiere No. 110
Publisher: 
Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW), Tübingen
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the potentials of jobs to be offshored or outsourced. We use four waves of the BIBB/BAuA Survey on Qualification and Working Conditions in Germany and employ a large set of potential determinants of offshoring and outsourcing derived from the literature. Applying the datadriven method of principal component analysis, we provide two indicators that measure both the offshoring potentials (cross-country geographical relocation) and the outsourcing potentials (organisational relocation) at the level of jobs, occupations, tasks, or industries. Our results show significant variation in the determinants of both dimensions. In addition to the direct contribution, our paper provides two indicators that can be used to further investigate the economic effects of job offshorability.
Subjects: 
Outsourcing
International Trade
Offshoring
Trade in Tasks
JEL: 
D23
F16
J24
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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