Abstract
We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the offshoring of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow off-shoring”) is beneficial for
productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way in which off-shoring is measured may matter considerably. The positive relation between offshoring
of intermediates and productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the Feenstra-Hanson offshoring
measure employed in other studies are used instead.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 414-450 |
Numero di pagine | 37 |
Rivista | CESifo Economic Studies |
Volume | 54 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2008 |
Keywords
- Italy
- manufacturing
- offshoring
- productivity growth