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A research note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - In: Journal for labour market research 44 (2011) 3, pp. 231-244
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A note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - 2008
measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the … correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as agreement on the absence of adverse employment effects across all … between outsourcing and plant closings is predominantly negative, albeit poorly determined. -- Outsourcing ; organizational …
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Make or Buy : Offshoring of Services Functions in Manufacturing
Nordas, Hildegunn - 2019
About 40% of employment in manufacturing is in services functions. This paper develops a measure of narrow outsourcing … suppliers. Narrow outsourcing is entered into labour demand functions where labour is broken down on business functions using …
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Domestic employment effects of offshoring : empirical evidence from Finland
Deschryvere, Matthias (contributor);  … - 2008
of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account: offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring. The … manufacturing and service sectors offshore outsourcing of services has a positive effect on employment. In addition it was found … offshoring channel. Offshore outsourcing of R&D has a positive effect on the anticipated domestic employment, whereas in …
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Service offshoring and firm employment
Eppinger, Peter S. - 2017
Major technological advances have recently spurred a new wave of offshoring in services, which used to be non-tradable. Should service workers in developed countries worry about their jobs? Trade theory has given a nuanced answer to this question, suggesting that efficiency gains from offshoring...
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An input-output analysis of unit labour cost developments of the German manufacturing sector since the mid-1990s
Albu, Nora; Joebges, Heike; Zwiener, Rudolf - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
According to empirical studies, a statistically significant factor for German exports success is high cost (or price) competitiveness. Studies by Deutsche Bundesbank recommend correcting the nominal effective exchange rate by broad cost (or price) indicators (Deutsche Bundesbank, 1998, 2016a)....
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Foreign competition and executive compensation in the manufacturing industry : a comparison between Germany and the U.S.
Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2018
In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by...
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Offshoring, wages and job security of temporary workers
Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - 2012
We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular attention to the question of whether workers on temporary contracts are affected differently than workers on permanent contracts. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic...
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Sectoral job effects of trade : an input-output analysis for Germany
Lurweg, Maren; Oelgemöller, Jens; Westermeier, Andreas - 2010 - This draft: March 5, 2010
The current globalisation process is characterized by the emergence of global value chains. That is, production processes are becoming increasingly geographically fragmented. Not only are final goods traded internationally, but in particular, trade in intermediate goods and services has...
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Trade and manufacturing jobs in Germany
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2017
The German economy exhibits rising service and declining manufacturing employment. But this decline is much sharper in import-competing than in export-oriented branches. We first document the individual-level job transitions behind those trends. They are not driven by manufacturing workers who...
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