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References for Offshoring and labor markets in developing countries
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Further reading
- Artuc, E., Christiaensen, L., Winkler, H. Does Automation in Rich Countries Hurt Developing Ones? Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No.8741, 2019.
- Antràs, P., Staiger, R. W. "Offshoring and the role of trade agreements" American Economic Review 102:7 (2012): 3140–3183.
- Hummels, D., Munch, J. R., Xiang, C. "Offshoring and labor markets" Journal of Economic Literature 56:3 (2018): 981–1028.
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Key references
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Blinder, A. S. "How many US jobs
might be offshorable?" World
Economics 10:2 (2009): 41–78. Key reference: [1]
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Bradford, J. J., Kletzer, L. G. "Tradable services:
Understanding the scope and impact of services
offshoring" Brookings Trade
Forum (2005). Key reference: [2]
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Grossman, G., Rossi-Hansberg, E. "Trading tasks: A
simple theory of offshoring" American Economic
Review 98:5 (2008): 1978–1997. Key reference: [3]
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Sanyal, K. K., Jones, R. W. "The theory of
trade in middle products" American Economic
Review 72:1 (1982): 16–31. Key reference: [4]
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Caliendo, L., Parro, F. "Estimates of trade
and welfare effects of NAFTA" Review of Economic
Studies 82:1 (2015): 1–44. Key reference: [5]
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Altomonte, C., Bonacorsi, L., Colantone, I. "Trade and growth
in the age of global value chains" VOXEU (2019). Key reference: [6]
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World Bank World Development
Report 2020. Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value
Chains. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2020. Key reference: [7]
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Aitken, B., Harrison, A. E. "Do domestic firms
benefit from direct foreign investment? Evidence from
Venezuela" American Economic
Review 89:3 (1999): 605–618. Key reference: [8]
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Ernst, C., Sanchez-Ancochea, D. Offshoring and
Employment in the Developing World: The Case of Costa
Rica ILO Employment
Working Paper No.4, 2008. Key reference: [9]
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Chau, N. H., Kanbur, R. "Employer power,
labor saving technical change and inequality" In: Basu, K., Ghatak, M., Kletzer, K., Mundle, S., Verhoogen, E. (eds). Development,
Distribution and Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Key reference: [10]
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Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A., Chau, N., Mitra, D. "Consequences of
offshoring to developing nations: labor-market outcomes,
welfare, and corrective interventions" Economic
Inquiry 58:1 (2020): 209–224. Key reference: [11]
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Cebreros, A., Chiquiar, D., Heffner-Rodríguez, A., Salcedo, A. Trade Policy
Uncertainty and its Effect on Foreign Direct Investment:
Evidence from Mexico Bank of Mexico
Working Papers No.2020-14, 2020. Key reference: [12]
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Blinder, A. S. "How many US jobs
might be offshorable?" World
Economics 10:2 (2009): 41–78.
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Additional References
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- Acemoglu, D., Autor, D. H. "Skills, tasks and technologies: Implications for employment and earnings" In: Card, D., Ashenfelter, O. (eds). Handbook of Labor Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011.
- Antras, P., Chor, D. "Organizing the global value chain" Econometrica 81:6 (2013): 2127–2204.
- Alfaro, L., Chanda, A., Kalemli-Ozcan, S., Sayek, S. "Does foreign direct investment promote growth? Exploring the role of financial markets on linkages" Journal of Development Economics 91:2 (2010): 242–256.
- Arndt, S. W. "Globalization and the open economy" North American Journal of Economics and Finance 8:1 (1997): 71–79.
- Autor, D. H., Dorn, D. "The growth of low-skill service jobs and the polarization of the US labor market" American Economic Review 103:5 (2013): 1553–1597.
- Autor, D., Dorn, D., Hanson, G. "When work disappears: Manufacturing decline and the falling marriage market value of young men" American Economic Review: Insights 1:2 (2019): 161–178.
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- Baldwin, R., Venables, A. "Spiders and snakes: Offshoring and agglomeration in the global economy" Journal of International Economics 90:2 (2013): 245–254.
- Baldwin, R., Venables, A. Spiders, and Snakes: Offshoring and Agglomeration in the Global Economy NBER Working Papers No.16611, 2010.
- Balassa, B. "Tariff protection in industrial countries: An evaluation" Journal of Political Economy 73:6 (1965): 573–594.
- Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A., Chau, N., Mitra, D. The Pro-Trade Bias of Offshoring Cornell University College of Business Applied Economics and Policy Working Paper Series No.WP2021-13, 2021.
- Bandyopadhyay, S., Basu, A., Chau, N., Mitra, D. "Offshoring to a developing nation with a dual labor market" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 102:3 (2020): 237–253.
- Blanchard, E. J. "Reevaluating the role of trade agreements: Does investment globalization make the WTO obsolete?" Journal of International Economics 82:1 (2010): 63–72.
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- Ghose, A. Capital Inflows and Investment in Developing Countries ILO Employment Strategy Paper No.11/2004, 2004.
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- Handley, K., Limão, N. "Policy uncertainty, trade, and welfare: Theory and evidence for China and the United States" American Economic Review 107:9 (2017): 2731–2783.
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- Kshetri, N., Dholakia, N. "Offshoring of healthcare services: The case of US-India trade in medical transcription services" Journal of Health Organization and Management 25:1 (2011): 94–107.
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