FDI and onshore task composition: evidence from German firms with affiliates in the Czech Republic

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Table 9 Selection of offshorability indices

Name	References	Data source
Offshorability (Ofty)	Blinder and Krueger (2013)	PDII^a
Routine manual (RM)	Autor et al. (2003), Spitz-Oener (2006)	BiBB 1992, 1998, 2006
Routine nonanalytic (RnA)	Autor et al. (2003), Spitz-Oener (2006)	BiBB 1992, 1998, 2006
Routine noninteractive (RnI)	Autor et al. (2003) , Spitz-Oener (2006)	BiBB 1992, 1998, 2006
Routine tasks (Rt)	Becker et al. (2013)	BiBB 1998
Noninteractive tasks (NIt)	Becker et al. (2013)	BiBB 1998
Offshoring potential (Off. pot.)	Brändle and Koch (2017)	BiBB 1992–2012
Occupational low-skill share	Own	BiBB 1998

This table displays our choices of established offshorability indices with their associated references and data sources. We order them alphabetically by source. All indices are normalized such that high values imply high offshorability, high routineness, a high share of low-skilled workers, etc.
^aPDII—Princeton Data Improvement Initiative