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influence the demand for outsourcing. We show that outsourcing becomes more beneficial to the firm when technology is changing … expensive than outsourcing. The model therefore provides an explanation for the recent increases in outsourcing that have taken … model, namely, that all other things equal, the demand for outsourcing increases with the probability of technological …
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We present a dynamic model where the probability of outsourcing production is increasing in the firm's expectation of … outsourcing. No prior study has been able to provide such causal evidence. Our results are robust to the inclusion of detailed …
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Spain. In particular, survey respondents are asked how their contracting practices of peripheral services had changed in the … integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From...
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Since the onset of democracy in 1975, both total fertility and Mass attendance rates in Spain have dropped dramatically …
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government budget, as social insurance in Spain is not actuarially fair. Finally, we also assess the impact of a decline in …
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We present evidence for the motherhood wage penalty in Spain as a representative Southern European Mediterranean …
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This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. According to the Spanish sample of the European Community Household Panel,...
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We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over …
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We study short- and long-term wage effects of two important elements of non-wage labour costs: firing costs and payroll taxes. We exploit a reform that introduced substantial reduction in these two provisions for unemployed workers aged less than thirty and over forty five years. Theoretical...
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