HIJZEN, Alexander; Tomohiko, INUI; Yasuyuki, TODO - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2007
This paper explores the impact of offshoring, or contracting out of business activities to foreign providers, on firm productivity, using Japanese firm-level data for the period 1994-2000. We find that offshoring has generally a positive effect on productivity growth. This effect is robust to...