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Offshore IT jobs = higher employment  In the US, at least  By
IT-Analysis  Posted in CIO, 7th April 2004 14:46 GMT  Whether
they intend to stoke up a debate in the IT sector or it's just
part of the political agenda, a number of US economists are
asserting that moving IT jobs to so-called offshore locations
will add jobs to the US economy, writes Bloor Research analyst
Bob McDowall.  One economist, Lawrence Klein, has used his own
economic model to project the addition of 300,000 jobs per year
by 2008. In the context of IT, it is asserted that offshoring
has increased the net salaries in the IT industry in the USA,
albeit marginally and that in 2003 there was a net increase of
just under 100,000 IT jobs in the USA.  The rationale behind the
economists' thinking is that "an overseas workers become
complementary to the on shore worker". In other words an
increased number of "lower value" jobs created overseas brings
with it an increased de