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integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …. These findings are robust to controlling for whether plants belong to single-plant or multi-plant firms. This result is …
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Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. Whenmeasurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose toimplement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variabilityof compensation are higher at these firms...
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Using microdata, we analyse the determinants of firm relocation and outsourcing decisionsand their effects on firms …
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industry. Also, the initialadvantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock ineffect …
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We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation andequilibrium unemployment in a … heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determinedby a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage …
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We study both the various consequences and the incentives of outsourcing. We argue thatthe wage elasticity of labour … demand is increasing as a function of the share of outsourcing,which is importantly a result consistent with existing …
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