We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring”) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow …

offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have …

We employ input-output tables to study the relation between off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that not all types of off-shoring are positively related to productivity … beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way in which off-shoring is …

-house offshoring of R&D has a negative effect. Specific for the manufacturing sector is that offshore outsourcing of production also … level. The analysis is based on a Finnish weighted sample of 652 firms and screens the effect of offshoring different kinds … of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account: offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring. The …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … manufacturing industries in 19952003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … (ldquo;narrow off-shoringrdquo;) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also … manufacturing industries in 1995ndash;2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry …

) can offshore routine tasks to a low-wage host country. The most productive firms self-select into offshoring, and the … impact on welfare in the source country can be positive or negative, depending on the share of firms engaged in offshoring … among entrepreneurs is higher with offshoring than in autarky. All results hold in a model extension with firm-level rent …