This paper presents an empirical analysis of ?outsourcing? using establishment level data for UK manufacturing … industries. We analyse an establishment?s decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment …?s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to …

integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides … vertical integration and of offshoring tend to have been more productive ex ante than firms choosing not to do so. This finding …