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Experts divided over the issue of outsourcing of jobs
Washington, Nov 14: American experts are divided over the issue of outsourcing white collar jobs from the country with some being of the opinion that it may slow down the nation`s job growth while others stating that the phenomenon was healthy for the country as it could create more sophisticated jobs doing away with less productive ones.
Washington, Nov 14: American experts are divided
over the issue of outsourcing white collar jobs from the
country with some being of the opinion that it may slow down
the nation's job growth while others stating that the
phenomenon was healthy for the country as it could create more
sophisticated jobs doing away with less productive ones.
A new study published by UC Berkeley Researchers has said the jobs remaining in the US could be subject to pressures to lower wages and that may slow the nation's job growth or generate losses in related activities.
Jobs vulnerable to the new way of outsourcing, they said include medical transcription services, stock-market research for financial firms, customer-service call centers, legal online-database research, and payroll and other 'back office activities'.
They argue that the positions feature vulnerability-producing attributes such as a lack of face-to-face customer service, work processes that enable telecommuting and internet work, high wage differentials between countries, a high information content, low social-networking requirements, and low set-up costs.
Meanwhile, other economists argue that the movement of jobs to low-cost countries is unstoppable and ultimately healthy for the United States.
"I think overall, long term, the US economy can take it. But there's going to be a huge amount of restructuring pain," said Rafiq Dossani, a senior research scholar at Stanford University and co-author of a study on job movement.
While India and China have long been recognised as centers for US offshore outsourcing, other nations also are hustling to tap into this lucrative market. Ghana, South Africa, Israel, Russia and several eastern European countries all are vying for jobs and money in the sector.
Bureau Report
A new study published by UC Berkeley Researchers has said the jobs remaining in the US could be subject to pressures to lower wages and that may slow the nation's job growth or generate losses in related activities.
Jobs vulnerable to the new way of outsourcing, they said include medical transcription services, stock-market research for financial firms, customer-service call centers, legal online-database research, and payroll and other 'back office activities'.
They argue that the positions feature vulnerability-producing attributes such as a lack of face-to-face customer service, work processes that enable telecommuting and internet work, high wage differentials between countries, a high information content, low social-networking requirements, and low set-up costs.
Meanwhile, other economists argue that the movement of jobs to low-cost countries is unstoppable and ultimately healthy for the United States.
"I think overall, long term, the US economy can take it. But there's going to be a huge amount of restructuring pain," said Rafiq Dossani, a senior research scholar at Stanford University and co-author of a study on job movement.
While India and China have long been recognised as centers for US offshore outsourcing, other nations also are hustling to tap into this lucrative market. Ghana, South Africa, Israel, Russia and several eastern European countries all are vying for jobs and money in the sector.
Bureau Report