In this paper we empirically explore the make-or-buy decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using … detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 926 plants distributed in all manufacturing industries in … integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …

In this paper we empirically explore the 'make-or-buy' decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using … detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 926 plants distributed in all manufacturing industries in … integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment …

manufacturing over the period 1982-1997. Extending the analysis to the 1990s is considered to be crucial as outsourcing is … international outsourcing. It is the first detailed study to address the effects of outsourcing on labour markets in the UK. In a … recent paper, Feenstra and Hanson (1996) estimate the effect of international outsourcing on wage inequality in the US. This …

manufacturing industries to show that domestic and foreign outsourcing affect wages as predicted by the theory. …This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the … literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a simple theoretical model, we argue that …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …