"This volume is a comprehensive treatment of offshoring, covering the trade of goods and services across many regions of the world with both conceptual insights and abundant country evidence. Experts and students alike will be rewarded by a careful study of this valuable handbook."--Robert C. Feenstra, C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics, University of California, Davis
"These two dozen essays, written by leading experts in the field, provide a thorough and definitive overview of how offshoring and global employment are related in both developed and developing regions. It provides a both comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the potent drivers of global economic activities and their consequences. This is an invaluable book for both the layperson and the academic who want to learn more about globalization."--Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for Work, Technology, and Society, University of California, Berkeley
"Everything you want to know about offshoring--and more. With chapters on 20 countries and the EU in its entirety and using many different data sets and analytic techniques, this book is an education in how modern global economies function and interact as seen through the lens of offshoring and labor. Whether you are an expert or novice in the economics of offshoring, trade, labor, or development, you will learn a lot about what economics knows and needs to know about this important aspect of globalization. Guaranteed by the Invisible Hand."--Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
"I commend the volume editors for their vision across countries, sectors, and methodologies. It is truly a global approach to understanding globalization. The breadth of coverage by country, sector, and perspective is remarkable. At a minimum, breaking away from the United States-centric studies to a wide range of developed, emerging, and developing economies is an acc
