Feenstra and Hanson (1997) have argued in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement that US outsourcing to … skill part. As a result, skilled workers in Austria are losing from outsourcing, while gaining in Poland. In Austria …. In both countries outsourcing contributes roughly 35 percent to these changes in the relative wages for skilled workers …

the public concern can be addressed that international fragmentation and outsourcing to low wage countries lead to … outsourcing and critically assess the role of political intervention that aims to reduce unemployment benefits under …

. International outsourcing from home declines. Opposite effects are triggered in the partner country. In a welfare analysis we …

global markets —such as manufacturing, construction, finance, and wholesale and retail trade— are adversely affected. Finally …

We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing …, outsourcing reduces the procurement costs of inducing a given level of effort if the contest organizer can collect entry fees …

countries in traditionally labor-intensive manufacturing (and other) activities, and decreases their gains from trade. Second …