Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Örebro University, School of Business
No 2013:2: Firm Level Effects of Offshoring of Goods and Services on Relative Labor Demand
Linda Andersson () and Patik Karpaty ()
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Linda Andersson: Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Postal: Örebro University, Swedish Business School, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden
Patik Karpaty: Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Postal: Örebro University, Swedish Business School, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden
Abstract: Based on firm level data for the Swedish manufacturing sector the objective of this paper is to analyze relative labor demand effects due to offshoring. Data allow us to distinguish between goods and service offshoring and from which country Swedish firms source their inputs. Overall, our results give no support to the fears that offshoring of goods or services lead to out-location of high-skilled activity in Swedish firms. Rather, this paper finds robust evidence that the aggregate effects from offshoring lead to increasing relative demand of high-skilled labor, mainly due to service offshoring.
Keywords: Offshoring; firm level data; relative employment; translog cost function
34 pages, October 19, 2012
Note: This is an extensively revised version of working paper No. 2007:5
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