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Off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries

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F. Daveri
C. Jona-Lasinio ()

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We employ input-output tables to study the relation between off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that not all types of off-shoring are positively related to productivity growth. In particular, the international outsourcing 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 off-shoring of intermediates and productivity growth disappears when our direct measure of off-shoring is replaced with the Feenstra-Hanson measure employed in other studies.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy) in its series Economics Department Working Papers with number 2007-EP08.

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Date of creation: 2007
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Keywords: International trade Productivity growth offshoring Italian economy

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F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
O4 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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  1. Brian Wixted & Norihiko Yamano & Colin Webb, 2006. "Input-Output Analysis in an Increasingly Globalised World: Applications of OECD’s Harmonised International Tables," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers 2006/7, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. [Downloadable!]
  2. Mary Amiti & Shang-Jin Wei, 2006. "Service Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from the United States," NBER Working Papers 11926, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Emanuele Breda & Rita Cappariello & Roberta Zizza, 2008. "Vertical specialisation in Europe: Evidence from the import content of exports," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 682, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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