Mery Patricia Tamayo PlataCristian Camilo Chica CastañoGustavo Canavire‐Bacarreza2026-03-222026-03-22202010.1080/09638199.2020.1804605https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2020.1804605https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/51791Citaciones: 2Using a measure of the volume of offshoring conducted by 62 countries, the intrinsic properties of the global offshoring network are analyzed: size, density, and others. From these properties, we extract information about which countries and sectors of the economy are the main drivers of the network. We find a regularity through the network of all sectors, which we call a stylized fact, that yields an insight into the uniform trade integration of countries through time. Additionally, we construct the measure of implied comparative advantage (ICA) – proposed by Hausmann et al. (2019. Implied comparative advantage) – and empirically verify, for the offshoring conducted by these 62 countries, the hypothesis of a systematic correlation between pairs of industries across different countries. Finally, since the ICA measure is a predictor of the revealed comparative advantage for the offshoring, we verify that the ICA measure preserves the basic properties of the original offshoring network.enOffshoringStylized factComparative advantageMeasure (data warehouse)EconometricsEconomicsIndustrial organizationConstruct (python library)Businessarticle