wp 04 186 fear of service outsourcing is it justified mary amiti and shang jin wei 2004 international monetary fund imf working paper research department prepared by 1 october abstract this should not be reported as representing the views expressed in are those author s do necessarily represent or policy papers describe progress published to elicit comments further debate recent media political attention on from developed developing countries gives impression that exploding a result workers industrial anxious about job losses aims establish what hypes facts results show although has been steadily increasing still very low united states many other insourcing greater than using kingdom case study we find growth at sectoral