TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Böckerman, Petri
AU  - Maliranta, Mika
        TI  - Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
        PY  - 2013/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7399
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7399
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - subjective well-being
KW  - working conditions
KW  - downsizing
KW  - offshoring
KW  - outsourcing
KW  - globalization
KW  - job satisfaction
        ER  -