Sectoral adjustment of employment: The impact of outsourcing and trade at the micro level

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This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors, using a dynamic multinomial logit framework with fixed effects. The data contain individual Austrian male workers over the period 1988-2001. Our results strongly support the view that international economic forces are important determinants of labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the probability of staying in or changing into the manufacturing sector, even more so for industries with a comparative disadvantage.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Reihe Ökonomie / Economics Series ; No. 145

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
• Subject: labor market turnover ; outsourcing ; dynamic discrete choice ; fixed effects panel estimation ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Sektorale Beschäftigungsstruktur ; Strukturwandel ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Outsourcing ; Schätzung ; Österreich

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Egger, Peter ; Pfaffermayr, Michael ; Weber, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/72276
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET