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Title: Inshoring: the Geographic Fragmentation of Production and Inequality

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: The advent of information technology facilitates geographic separation of production. Nevertheless, the research on inshoring has been limited, even though the literature on offshoring has flourished. This paper examines inshoring on both empirical and theoretical fronts. Empirically, it shows that business support services are increasingly sent to small localities for cost savings and being separated from their downstream industries. Theoretically, it analyzes welfare impact of inshoring. Contrary to predictions in the offshoring literature, support workers can be better off, primarily because they can benefit from higher urban productivity without bearing urban costs.

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Authors: Liao, Wen-Chi

Publisher: National University of Singapore

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