Alternative measures of offshorability: a survey approach/ created by Alan S Blinder and Alan B Krueger.

By:

Blinder, Alan S [author]

Contributor(s):

Krueger, Alan B [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Journal of labor economics ; Volume 31, number 2,Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISSN:

0734306X

Subject(s):

Household survey -- Measurements

LOC classification:

HD5706 JOU

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Abstract: 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 offshorable. Our three preferred measures agree between 70% and 80% of the time. Professional coders appear to provide the most accurate assessments. Empirically, more educated workers appear to hold somewhat more offshorable jobs, and offshorability does not have systematic effects on either wages or the probability of layoff.

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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 offshorable. Our three preferred measures agree between 70% and 80% of the time. Professional coders appear to provide the most accurate assessments. Empirically, more educated workers appear to hold somewhat more offshorable jobs, and offshorability does not have systematic effects on either wages or the probability of layoff.

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