Offshoring and Job Stability: Evidence From Italian Manufacturing

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 201-034

35 Pages Posted: 26 Apr 2012

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Alessia Lo Turco

Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Economics and Social Sciences

Daniela Maggioni

Polytechnic University of Marche

Matteo Picchio

Marche Polytechnic University - Department of Economic and Social Science; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; SHERPPA - Ghent University

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Date Written: April 23, 2012

Abstract

We study the relationship between offshoring and job stability in Italy in the period 1995-2001 by using an administrative dataset on manufacturing workers. We find that the international fragmentation of production negatively affects job stability. Service offshoring and material purchases from developed countries foster job-to-job transitions within manufacturing of all workers and white collars, respectively. However, the most detrimental effects for job stability come from material offshoring to low income countries which drives blue collar workers out of manufacturing. Therefore, policy interventions should especially focus on this latter category of workers more exposed to fragmentation processes and foreign competition.

Keywords: Offshoring, job stability, manufacturing, duration analysis, proportional hazard

JEL Classification: C41, F14, F16, J62

Suggested Citation

Lo Turco, Alessia and Maggioni, Daniela and Picchio, Matteo, Offshoring and Job Stability: Evidence From Italian Manufacturing (April 23, 2012). CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 201-034, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2044637 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2044637

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