-based explanation by focussing on international outsourcing. In a recent paper, Feenstra and Hanson (1996) estimate the effect of … international outsourcing on wage inequality in the US. This paper extends the FH approach using more detailed definitions of import … penetration and outsourcing as well as data for UK manufacturing industries for the period 1982-1996. The econometric results …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of “outsourcing” using establishment level data for UK manufacturing … industries. We analyse an establishment’s decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment …’s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …

International fragmentation, or outsourcing, is often referred to as a distinctly novel feature in today's global … outsourcing targets for western European firms. Against this background this paper provides a policy-oriented discussion of cross … European point of view. Specifically, the paper idetifies conditions under which outsourcing is beneficial for a western …

fragmentation may cause a domestic welfare loss, because outsourcing takes place in discrete steps where it affords firms quasi … process of fragmentation caused by less costly outsourcing is beneficial for the domestic economy. …

outsourcing, or international fragmentation. Economists have investigated this phenomenon with a focus on welfare and factor price … welfare efect of outsourcing. Moreover, the paper highlights a crucial distinction between outsourcing that takes place in an … firms must rely on arms-length trasactions. The results are as follows. a) With foreign direct investment, outsourcing which …

. The paper identifies conditions under which outsourcing to a low-wage country is a friend or an enemy to domestic labour …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing …. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact … multinational. Our results show robust evidence for positive effects from outsourcing of services inputs for exporters, either …