@misc{10481/64212,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64212},
abstract = {This paper investigates the effects of offshoring on individual job satisfaction and
perceived risk of job loss. The authors merge microdata from the German Socio-economic
Panel dataset (SOEP) with indicators of insertion in global value chains at the industry
level for the period 2000–2013. They test two hypotheses. First, the authors investigate
whether workers in industries with higher offshoring intensity report lower job satisfaction
and/or are more prone to be unsecure at their jobs. Second, they test whether these effects
differ among four categories of collars. Their findings indicate that offshoring is
associated with lower job satisfaction. The results are also indicative of some
heterogeneity in the offshoring effect, with high skilled white-collar workers being
mostly unaffected by offshoring and low skilled blue-collar workers showing the largest
negative effects. Discriminating between manufacturing and services activities, the
authors find that the extent of heterogeneity and the offshoring effect is relatively larger
in manufacturing industries. They also find that the effect of offshoring intensity upon
job satisfaction is more negative and significant in periods of economic decline. Finally,
the results show that offshoring is not significantly related with job insecurity, a result
that applies to all workers’ categories. Still, in a period of economic decline job
insecurity may increase when the offshoring intensity rises.},
organization = {R&D Program in Social Sciences and Humanities by the Autonomous Community of Madrid, OPINBI project 	
H2019/HUM-5793},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia},
organization = {Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y universidades (Spain) 	
PGC2018-093506-B-I00},
publisher = {KIEL INST WORLD ECONOMY},
keywords = {Job satisfaction},
keywords = {Job insecurity},
keywords = {Offshoring},
keywords = {Germany},
title = {Offshoring, job satisfaction and job insecurity},
doi = {10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2020-23},
author = {Milgram Baleix, Juliette and Budría, Santiago},
}