Research Article
The Elasticity of Substitution and the Sector Bias of International Outsourcing
Table 2
Magnitude and development of international outsourcing in Germany.
| Scenario | low-skill intensive industries | High-skill intensive industries | Low-skill parts (%) | High-skill parts (%) | Low-skill parts (%) | High-skill parts (%) |
| 1991 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1995 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2000 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 1991–2000 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 59 |
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