to contracting firms. For this end we develop a new method for identifying outsourcing of food, cleaning, security and … growth of domestic outsourcing in Germany since the early 1990s. Event-study analyses show that wages in outsourced jobs fall … associated with outsourcing stem from a loss of firm-specific rents, suggesting that labor cost savings are an important reason …

Mit dem Outsourcing von Personalfunktionen und -prozessen wird in der Unternehmenspraxis versucht, Kosten- und … Flexibilisierungsvorteile zu generieren. Während die wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung zu den Determinanten von Outsourcing-Aktivitäten weit … vorangeschritten ist, sind empirische Studien zu den Wirkungen von Outsourcing allerdings noch immer selten. Insbesondere Effekte auf …

This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors … labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the …

sort into foreign outsourcing. We show that multinational firms are able to shift profits abroad even if they fully comply …

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 …

This paper shows the strategic aspects of international outsourcing in an oligopolistic market, if outsourcing is … attractive because of fixed cost savings. We show that outsourcing decisions are strategic substitutes. Furthermore, we … integrated production and thus leads to more outsourcing. Additionally, we analyse how domestic costs and taxation affect the …