Offshoring Tasks, yet Creating Jobs?

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URI: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-56836
http://hdl.handle.net/10900/47858
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-478583
http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-478580
Dokumentart: WorkingPaper
Date: 2011
Source: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; 12
Language: English
Faculty: 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Department: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
DDC Classifikation: 330 - Economics
Keywords: Offshoring
Other Keywords:
Trade in Tasks , Unemployment , Non-monotonicity
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Abstract:

The policy debate views offshoring as job destruction. Theoretical models of offshoring mostly assume full employment. We develop a model of task trade that allows for equilibrium unemployment. In this model, there are two margins of adjustment. At the extensive margin, moving tasks offshore destroys jobs. At the intensive margin, due to higher productivity of labor in domestic tasks it creates jobs. Exploring these conditions in detail, we identify the potential of non-monotonic adjustment: Early stages of offshoring always lead to higher unemployment, while later stages may entail net job creation. We highlight this potential through numerical simulations.

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