• DocumentCode
    798821
  • Title

    Are U.S. jobs moving to China?

  • Author

    Donahoe, Daniel N. ; Pecht, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    CALCE Electron. Products & Syst. Center, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    682
  • Lastpage
    686
  • Abstract
    In the 1990\´s, there was a conscious drive to outsource much of the manufacturing in the U.S electronics industry. Initially the outsourcing was to contract manufacturers (those companies that assemble circuit boards and final products), mostly offshore and largely in China. Now, after the economic boom of the late 1990\´s, the engineering and technical jobs seem to be following manufacturing. Much of the world\´s commercial electronics are labeled "Made in China," and China now seems to be the only growing economy. After decades of western technical innovation, why is this transfer occuring? Is loss of engineering jobs just another consequence of globalization? What does the future hold? This paper addresses the nature and cause of the trend, predicts the future and provides a prescription for the U.S.
  • Keywords
    electronics industry; employment; technological forecasting; China; economy; electronics industry; future; globalization; manufacturing; outsourcing; Assembly; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Economic forecasting; Electronics industry; Employment; Globalization; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Unemployment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Components and Packaging Technologies, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-3331
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCAPT.2003.816655
  • Filename
    1234928