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 …

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 …

The paper analyzes how international outsourcing affected individual employment security. The analysis is carried out … at the micro-level, combining monthly spell data from household panel data and industry-level outsourcing measures. By … international outsourcing significantly lowers individual employment security. Interestingly, the effect does, however, not differ …

As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming … outsourcing indices and applying a panel data estimation of the effects on the within industries? wage gap in Germany, theory and …

international outsourcing affects the individual risk of leaving the occupation. Moreover, a rich data set on tasks performed in … occupations is used to better characterize the sources of worker vulnerability. While international service outsourcing is … associated with an increase in overall stability, the impact of international material outsourcing is slightly negative. These …

The paper analyzes how international outsourcing affected individual employment security. The analysis is carried out … at the micro-level, combining monthly spell data from household panel data and industry-level outsourcing measures. By … international outsourcing significantly lowers individual employment security. Interestingly, the effect does, however, not differ …

between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of … are able to compute two indicators explaining both the outsourcing potential and the international tradability of an … outsourcing potential and international tradability on individual income and find that especially the latter has a negative effect …

less likely to outsource or offshore parts of their production processes if their outsourcing and offshoring potential is …