Productivity Gains from Offshoring: an Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands

Arbeitspapier

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production function is estimated for the Netherlands for the period 1972-2001. It suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger than the effect of R&D on productivity.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 07-089/3

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade: General ; Economic Growth of Open Economies ; Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
• Thema: globalization ; offshoring ; foreign direct investments ; transaction costs ; total factor productivity ; Globalisierung ; Auslandsverlagerung ; Auslandsinvestition ; Transaktionskosten ; Produktivität ; Niederlande

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): den Butter, Frank A.G. ; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Tinbergen Institute
• (wo): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86637
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ