Services Offshoring and its Impact on the Labor Market
Theoretical Insights, Empirical Evidence, and Economic Policy Recommendations for Germany
Authors: Winkler, Deborah
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Services – from information technology to research to finance – are now as subject to international trade as goods have been for decades. What are the labor market consequences of the recent surge in services offshoring? While offshoring has traditionally been found to affect only less-skilled workers in industrialized countries, this study finds that services offshoring also has negative consequences for high-skilled workers. Focusing on the case of Germany, Deborah Winkler shows how services offshoring has grown, who is most affected and what policy makers can do. Winkler measures the impact of services offshoring on German productivity, employment, and employment structure. She provides a well-balanced synthesis of theoretical insights, detailed empirical analysis, and economic policy recommendations. Although her main focus is on the case of Germany, many insights are also applicable to other developed countries.
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Introduction
Pages 1-19
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Framework of Services Offshoring
Pages 21-88
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The Structure of Services Offshoring
Pages 89-140
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Labor Market Effects in (Neo)Classical Models of Offshoring
Pages 141-167
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Labor Market Effects of Services Offshoring: Empirical Evidence
Pages 169-247
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Services Offshoring and its Impact on the Labor Market
- Book Subtitle
- Theoretical Insights, Empirical Evidence, and Economic Policy Recommendations for Germany
- Authors
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- Deborah Winkler
- Series Title
- Contributions to Economics
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-7908-2199-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-7908-2199-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-7908-2198-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-7908-2806-1
- Series ISSN
- 1431-1933
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXV, 295
- Number of Illustrations
- 46 b/w illustrations
- Topics
