IT outsourcing and employment growth at the firm level

Arbeitspapier

Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might still be positive. This paper particularly focuses on IT outsourcing and its medium-term effects on employment growth. Therefore, a three year time period from 2003 to 2006 is analysed using German firm-level data and instrumental variable estimation. I find evidence that IT outsourcing has a positive effect on firms' employment growth rate. However, dividing the sample into manufacturing and service firms, a medium-term positive growth effect of IT outsourcing can only be observed for firms operating in the service sector.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 10-108

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software ; Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Thema: Information and Communication Technology ; Outsourcing ; Employment Growth

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Ohnemus, Jörg
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/44451
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ