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1. The economic and technological rational for outsourcing
 
1. The economic and technological rational for outsourcing
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2. Trade and tax policies that can slow down outsourcing
 
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3. Policies for helping displaced workers
 
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'''Crafting Long term public policy goals'''
 
'''Crafting Long term public policy goals'''

Revision as of 21:51, 31 October 2004

IT Outsourcing Policy

We will investigate what types of policies can prepare the American workforce to be more competitive in a globalizing labor market.


Sub Topics

Understanding the phenonemon

1. The economic and technological rational for outsourcing -- Mandy Chang, Brad Struss

2. Trade and tax policies that can slow down outsourcing

Mitigating negative impact

3. Policies for helping displaced workers -- Hong Qu, Aamir Alavi

Crafting Long term public policy goals

4. Educational and research policies to keep future generations of Americans competitive -- Ian Carpe

Member List

    • Ian Carpe, UC Berkeley, iancarpe@berkeley.edu [User:iancarpe]
    • Hong Qu, UC Berkeley, hqu@sims.berkeley.edu [User:Hong]
    • Mandy Chang, UC Berkeley, mandy_c@berkeley.edu [User:mandy_c]
    • Brad Struss, UW, bradstr@cs.washington.edu [User:bradstr]
    • Gianna Segretti, UCB, giannasegretti@yahoo.com
    • Sandy Tesch, UCB, User:sandy01, sandy01@berkeley.edu
    • Aamir Alavi, user: aamiralavi, aalamir@berkeley.edu

Project Goals

References

Businessweek article

"Offshoring" Service Jobs: Bane or Boon and What to Do?

How Outsourcing Creates Jobs for Americans

Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Globalization

The Outsourcing Bogeyman

Offshore Outsourcing Resource Center

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/07/MNGRT5G2C11.DTL Offshoring's giant target: the Bay Area Silicon Valley could face export of 1 in 6 jobs -- worst in nation]