Alternative measures of offshorability: A survey approach

This article reports on household survey measurements of the “offshorability” of jobs, defined as the ability to perform the work from abroad. We develop multiple measures of offshorability, using both self-reporting and professional coders. All measures find that roughly 25% of US jobs are offshora...

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Published in:Journal of labor economics 2013-04, Vol.31 (S1), p.S97-S128
Main Authors: Blinder, Alan S., Krueger, Alan B.
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Language:English
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Altersabhängigkeit
Arbeitskraft
Ausland
Berufliche Stellung
Berufsgruppe
Bildungsniveau
Branche
Employment
Entlassung
Ethnische Gruppe
Foreign labor
Geographic regions
Geschlechtsspezifik
Industrial unions
Labor economics
Layoffs
Lohnentwicklung
Measurement techniques
Occupational licensing
Occupations
Offshoring
Outsourcing
Produktionsverlagerung
Regionaler Faktor
Retail industries
Self reports
Studies
Tätigkeitsfeld
USA
Wages
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Arbeitskraft
Ausland
Berufliche Stellung
Berufsgruppe
Bildungsniveau
Branche
Employment
Entlassung
Ethnische Gruppe
Foreign labor
Geographic regions
Geschlechtsspezifik
Industrial unions
Labor economics
Layoffs
Lohnentwicklung
Measurement techniques
Occupational licensing
Occupations
Offshoring
Outsourcing
Produktionsverlagerung
Regionaler Faktor
Retail industries
Self reports
Studies
Tätigkeitsfeld
USA
Wages
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