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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …
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On the Organizational Structure of Multinational Firms: Which Sourcing Mode for Which Input?
Suedekum, Jens; Nowak, Verena; Schwarz, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
organizational decision is driven by two countervailing effects: the ownership rights effect favors outsourcing, while the "indirect … outsourcing of the "less important" supplier is chosen in equilibrium. We also consider an open economy setup where the producer …
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Equilibrium Unemployment with Outsourcing and Wage Solidarity Under Labour Market Imperfections
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in a … heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determined by a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage … magnify, and not dampen, this tendency. Further, higher outsourcing will increase equilibrium unemployment among the high …
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Construction Contracts (or: "How to Get the Right Building at the Right Price?")
Chakravarty, Surajeet; MacLeod, W. Bentley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Most contracts that individuals enter into are not written from scratch; rather, they depend upon forms and terms that have been successful in the past. In this paper, we study the structure of form construction contracts published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We show that...
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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...
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Global Sourcing of a Complex Good
Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Zhang, Lijun - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We analyze a firm that produces a final good from multiple intermediates that can each be sourced domestically or from a low-wage country. The model explicitly incorporates that sourcing decisions of intermediates are interdependent. Equilibrium predictions depend crucially on a key modeling...
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INFORMAL WAGE AND FORMAL SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY : THEORY AND EVIDENCES FROM INDIA
Maiti, Dibyendu; Marjit, Sugata - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost along with apprehension of extra-legal cost...
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Firm Heterogeneity in the Choice of Offshoring : Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms
Hyun, Hea-Jung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an important determinant for Korean firms offshoring...
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Demographic Complementarities and Outsourcing : Implications and Challenges for India
Asher, Mukul G.; Nandy, Amarendu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …
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Has Liberalization Strengthened the Link between Services and Manufacturing?
Pasadilla, Gloria O.; Liao, Christine Marie M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in outsourcing of these same services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365336