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The Global Division of Labour

The common theme of activities in this research area is to empirically assess major aspects of the international division of labor in the globalizing world economy. In this way, we contribute to finding more convincing answers to the challenges of globalization. We focus on the determinants and effects of outsourcing and offshoring through trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) at the global and regional level, i.e., aspects of globalization that appear to be highly relevant in both academic and public debates:

Foreign Direct Investment
 map of the world with firmsThis project analyses the determinants and effects of foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises. The empirical analysis is conducted by means of micro and macro data sets.

Outsourcing and Trade in Services
© Graça Victoria - Fotolia.comThis project is supported by the European Commission on the basis of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Important topics are the effects of trade in services and particularly of service outsourcing on employment and productivity in the home countries.

Trade and Adjustments
Containerschiff © Christian Jakimowitsch - Fotolia.comThis project illustrates the adjustment processes caused by trade. At the micro level this concerns e.g. the adjustments in innovative activity and productivity of exporters vis-à-vis non exporters, or the adjustments of wages and employment in the globalised world. At the macro level this project studies the structural adjustments in regions or between countries caused by trade.

Projects

Recent Publications

The Team
The Global Division of Labour
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(Head)
Sabine Hübener
(Office)
Michaela Rank
Prof. Gerald Willmann, Ph.D.
associated:
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Prof. Dr. Dierk Herzer
Prof. Horst Raff, Ph.D.
News

ELSNIT 2013 call for paper, Internationalization of SMEs
October, 17-18 2013

Policy Commentaries

Godart, O.N., Görg, H., Krieger-Boden, C. (2013).
Multinationals Assist Domestic Suppliers? Perhaps Think Again
VoxEu.org

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Görg, H., LIU, W. (2012).
China's Role in the Global Economy and Technological Catch-up
Kiel Institute Focus 17

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Berger, A., Busse, M., Nunnenkamp, P., Roy, M. (2012).
Attracting FDI through BITs and RTAs: Does treaty content matter?
Columbia FDI Perspectives

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Krieger-Boden, C., Nunnenkamp, P., Sosa Andrés, M. (2012). 
Old wine in new bottles? Non-traditional sources of foreign direct investment. VoxEu.org

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Godart, O.N., Görg, H., Hanley, A. (2012). 
Foreign Firms and Firm Survival: A Look at Ireland in Crisis. VoxEu.org

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Geishecker, I., Görg, H., Krieger-Boden, C. (2011). 
Services offshoring increases wage inequality. VoxEu.org

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Braun, S. and H. Görg (2011).
Sturm im Wasserglas. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 14.3.2011.

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Görg, H., (2011). 
Keine Angst vor ausländischen Multis. IFW-Fokus

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Görg, H., Krieger-Boden, C.(2011). 
Trade protection backfires on FDI. VoxEU.org

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Bandick, R., Görg, H., Karpaty, P.(2011). 
What happens to R&D in domestic multinationals after foreign acquisition?.
VoxEU.org

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Baumgarten, D., Geishecker, I.,Görg, H. (2011). 
Lohneinbußen durch Offshoring? Auf die Tätigkeit kommt es an!. oekonomenstimme.org

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previous Commentaries

Conferences

Kiel International Economics Meetings, Kiel

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RIEF Doctoral meeting in international trade and international finance
Kiel, 27 - 28 May 2010

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Lunch time seminar in International Economics

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Aarhus-Kiel Workshop, Kiel

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Kiel Institute – World Bank Workshop on Services
Washington D.C., 23 May 2012