A research note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data

Artikel

Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main 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 industries. For one specification, however, some negative effects are reported for manufacturing industry, balanced by positive effects for the services sector for another. But there are no obvious indications of survival bias. This is because the association between outsourcing and plant closings is predominantly negative, albeit poorly determined.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research ; ISSN: 2510-5027 ; Volume: 44 ; Year: 2011 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 231-244 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Labor Demand
• Subject: outsourcing - Auswirkungen ; Beschäftigungseffekte ; IAB-Betriebspanel ; Wirtschaftszweige ; verarbeitendes Gewerbe ; Dienstleistungsbereich ; Ausland ; Niedriglohnland ; Betriebsstilllegung ; outsourcing - Determinanten ; Arbeitskosten ; Kostensenkung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Addison, John T. ; Bellmann, Lutz ; Pahnke, André ; Teixeira, Paulino
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2011

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s12651-011-0079-1
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/158756
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET