Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
8-2011
Publication Source
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume
93
Issue
3
Start Page
857
Last Page
875
DOI
10.1162/REST_a_00085
Abstract
Using firm-level data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, we estimate the impact on U.S. manufacturing employment of changes in foreign affiliate wages. We show that the motive for offshoring and, consequently, the location of offshore activity, significantly affects the impact of offshoring on parent employment. In general, offshoring to low-wage countries substitutes for domestic employment. However, for firms that do significantly different tasks at home and abroad, foreign and domestic employment are complements. These offsetting effects may be combined to show that offshoring by U.S.-based multinationals is associated with a quantitatively small decline in manufacturing employment.
Recommended Citation
Harrison, A. E., & McMillan, M. S. (2011). Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (3), 857-875. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00085
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Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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