%0 Report
        %A Böckerman, Petri
%A Maliranta, Mika
        %T Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
        %D 2013
        %8 2013 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7399
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7399
        %X This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special attention to the role of occupational restructuring as a conveying mechanism. Using linked employer-employee data, we find that offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely negative. Our evidence also shows that offshoring to high-wage countries stimulates the vertical mobility of employees in affected firms in a manner that improves perceived well-being, particularly in terms of better prospects for promotion.
        %K subjective well-being
%K working conditions
%K downsizing
%K offshoring
%K outsourcing
%K globalization
%K job satisfaction