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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'''
 
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4. Educational and research policies to keep future generations
 
4. Educational and research policies to keep future generations
 
of Americans competitive
 
of Americans competitive
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===Member List===
 
===Member List===

Revision as of 21:49, 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]