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The Impact of Service Offshoring on Agriculture and Food Sector Productivity Using the World Input-Output Table

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  • Seok, Jun Ho
  • Saghaian, Sayed H.

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The revolution of information and communication technologies has made service offshoring possible and economically feasible. Only a few studies are available on the impact of service offshoring on productivity in the agri-food sector even if service offshoring in agri-food industries has been increasing rapidly in recent years. This paper uses the world input-output data and the Arellano and Bond (1991) GMM estimator to analyze the impact of service offshoring on the productivity of agri-food industries. The results show service offshoring has had a positive impact on the food industry’s productivity due to the characteristics of food industry.

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  • Seok, Jun Ho & Saghaian, Sayed H., 2016. "The Impact of Service Offshoring on Agriculture and Food Sector Productivity Using the World Input-Output Table," 2016 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas 229704, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229704
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