This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany … disentangle international outsourcing and trade in final goods more accurately. The main finding is that during the 1990s … international outsourcing had a significant negative impact on the relative demand for low-skilled workers, explaining between 19 …

We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing …, outsourcing reduces the procurement costs of inducing a given level of effort if the contest organizer can collect entry fees …

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

investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate … out of the labour force. Outsourcing is found to have no significant impact on job stability in the manufacturing sector … effect of outsourcing varies across skill levels. An analysis of the different labour market flows shows that labour market …

We analyze the following questions associated with outsourcing and profit sharing under imperfect labour markets. How … does strategic outsourcing influence wage formation, profit sharing and employee effort when firms commit to optimal profit … sharing before wage formation or decide for profit sharing after wage formation. What is the relationship between outsourcing …

We analyze a model that focuses on the export/outsource decision. Outsourcing has the advantage of providing better … technology embodied in the local capital. The decision of whether to offer an outsourcing contract weighs these two effects … against each other. The host country accepts the outsourcing contract if the higher price they pay for the outsourced good is …

This paper addresses outsourcing in the two-type optimal income tax model. If the government is able to control … outsourcing via a direct tax instrument, outsourcing will not affect the marginal income tax structure. In the absence of a direct … tax instrument, and under the plausible assumption that higher outsourcing increases the wage differential, the government …

investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate … nonparticipation. Outsourcing is found to have no significant impact on overall job stability in the manufacturing sector, but it is … associated with increased job stability in the service sector. Furthermore, the effect of outsourcing varies strongly across …