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Castellani, Davide; De Benedictis, Luca; Horgos, Daniel - 2011

This paper argues that indices of (business) service and material offshoring built on sectoral input-output data may actually measure something different than what we think they should. Applying shift-share analysis we decompose the variation over time of a commonly used class of such indices...

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Labor Market Effects of International Outsourcing: How Measurement Matters

Horgos, Daniel - 2007

As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming … outsourcing indices and applying a panel data estimation of the effects on the within industries? wage gap in Germany, theory and …

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The elasticity of substitution and the sector bias of International Outsourcing: Solving the puzzle

Horgos, Daniel - 2009

Considering the sector bias of International Outsourcing within a 2x2 framework, four different scenarios appear. Each … superiority of a wage vs. an outsourcing-effect, general equilibrium effects of two scenarios are assumed to be ambiguous … in all four scenarios appear, supporting the sector bias of International Outsourcing. …

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Global sourcing of family firms

Horgos, Daniel - 2010

FDI coexists with international outsourcing, family firms unambiguously decrease FDI, whereas the effect on international … outsourcing is ambiguous: A substitution process may work towards an increase in international outsourcing activities. …

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