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Policy Insight 16: Can offshoring create domestic jobs? Evidence from Japanese data

Offshoring is not new. Kudoka (hollowing-out due to offshoring) has worried Japan since the 1980s. Evidence from Japan presented in a new CEPR Policy Insight suggests that offshoring may help create domestic jobs, especially for SMEs.

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Ando, M and F Kimura (2007), Policy Insight 16: Can offshoring create domestic jobs? Evidence from Japanese data, CEPR Policy Insight No 16, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/policy-insight-16-can-offshoring-create-domestic-jobs-evidence-japanese-data