Offshoring in Europe—Evidence of a Two-Way Street from Denmark

Based on a large Danish survey of companies in tradable goods and services sectors, this working paper presents the results of offshoring and its impact on jobs, adding new perspectives to the globalization debate. Globalization entails a cross-border flow of jobs, but contrary to the mainstream media portrayal of globalization, it is not a one-way but a two-way street. In 2002–05 more jobs were created as a result of offshoring of activities into eastern Denmark from companies outside Denmark (i.e., inshored to Denmark) than were eliminated due to offshoring from companies in the Danish region. Overall, the employment effects of both offshoring and inshoring were found to be limited to less than 1 percent of all jobs either lost to offshoring or gained via inshoring. For Denmark, the worries in purely numerical terms regarding the employment effects of globalization seem overly alarmist. However, the trends revealed in the study do pose challenges for low-skilled workers—the group most negatively affected—and for highly skilled specialists, who face pressure to constantly upgrade their skills. Policy implications can be drawn in view of our results to ensure that labor markets are able to meet the demands of globalizing firms.Labor Market, Offshoring, Offshore Outsourcing, High- and Low-Skilled Workers, Skill Bias, Denmark, Flexicurity

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P112 Influence of Cuff Blood Pressure Accuracy on Identification of Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Abstract Introduction Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is the most common form of hypertension in older people. However, accurate identification of ISH may be hindered because cuff blood pressure (BP) underestimates systolic BP (SBP) and overestimates diastolic BP (DBP). This study aimed to determine the influence of cuff BP accuracy on the identification of ISH. Methods Cuff BP and invasive aortic BP were measured simultaneous (or near-simultaneously) in 1737 subjects (63 ± 12 years, 68% male) during coronary angiography. Data was derived from 32 studies, using 20 different cuff BP devices, from the Invasive Blood Pressure Consortium (INSPECT). ISH was defined as ≥140/<90 mmHg according to cuff BP and invasive aortic BP. Results According to cuff BP, 25% of subjects (n = 430) had ISH, however, 37% (n = 648) were identified with ISH from invasive aortic BP. There was 77% concordance between cuff and invasive BP for identifying ISH. Among the 23% (n = 408) of subjects misclassified by cuff BP, 38% (n = 155) of misclassification was from SBP underestimation (mean: −16.6, 95% CI: −18.9 to −13.9 mmHg), whereas 35% (n = 143) was from DBP overestimation (15.6, 11.9 to 19.0 mmHg) and 20% (n = 83) from SBP overestimation (17.6, 14.4 to 20.5 mmHg). Subjects misclassified were on average 2.7 years older and had greater body mass index (0.8 kg/m2) than those correctly classified. Conclusion Approximately one quarter of older subjects have ISH misclassified, mostly because of underestimation of cuff SBP and overestimation of cuff DBP. This demonstrates a need to improve the accuracy of cuff BP methods for greater precision in identifying ISH