Resumo (PT):
Abstract (EN):
Over the last decades, the intensification of offshoring movements has generated
important impacts on labour markets. The literature on this topic has, however, produced
divergent results. We develop a meta-analysis of the empirical literature that estimates the effect
of offshoring on employment in the origin country. We find that, although the overall effect is
weak, there are important differences in the effects reported by the primary studies that are
explained by the development level of the countries included in the sample, the type of
goods/services that are analyzed, the structure of the data, the estimation technique, the way
offshoring is measured, and the unit of analysis. We also find that on average the effect for highskilled workers is not statistically different from the effect for low-skilled workers.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific