---
title: "Outsourcing, occupational restructuring, and employee well-being: Is there a silver lining?"
authors:
  - name: "Böckerman, Petri"
  - name: "Maliranta, Mika"
date_published: "2012-04-19"
series: "Discussion Papers no."
series_number: "1271"
jel_codes:
  - "J28"
  - "F23"
language: "en"
publisher: "ETLA Economic Research"
pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dp1271.pdf"
keywords:
  - "globalization"
  - "outsourcing"
  - "offshoring"
  - "working conditions"
  - "job satisfaction"
  - "subjective well-being"
identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/Discussion-Papers-no.-1271"
---

# Outsourcing, occupational restructuring, and employee well-being: Is there a silver lining?

**Published:** 2012-04-19  
**Categories:** Publikationer  
**Tags:** Diskussionsämnen, globalisaatio  
**URL:** https://www.etla.fi/sv/publikationer/dp1271-en/

This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i.e., managers, professionals and experts), especially when offshoring involves closer connections to other developed countries.

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