The extent and structure of outsourcing and offshoring since 1971 is examined in this paper. Official statistics show that the share of intermediate inputs on production in German industry has increased significantly since the mid-1990s, both at current prices and price-adjusted. The share leveled off in the last years at a level of nominal 68 percent. Business cycle influences on the development of outsourcing and offshoring are low. Outsourcing varies by sector and size of enterprise. In some knowledge-intensive industries, such as pharmaceuticals and engineering, outsourcing is low and has barely increased. For large companies, outsourcing is more pronounced than for small ones. Comparing of the development of the share of intermediate i...
'This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill struct...
This paper seeks to isolate empirically the productivity effect of offshoring on establishment emplo...
This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring in five European countries (Germany, Spain, ...
The extent and structure of outsourcing and offshoring since 1971 is examined in this paper. Officia...
This paper examines the status quo, the development, the target and origin regions and the underlyin...
'In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial empl...
In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial emplo...
Since the middle of the 1990s many German companies have relocated parts of their production abroad ...
Besides material offshoring, economists have started to analyze the impact of service offshoring on ...
This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups ba...
This chapter is devoted to the widely debated topic of outsourcing of production and jobs from the W...
Besides material offshoring, economists have started to analyze the impact of service offshoring on ...
One quarter to half of the manufacturing companies in different Western European countries performed...
One quarter to half of the manufacturing companies in different Western European countries performed...
The authors use data from several sources, including plant-level data from the manufacturing sector ...
'This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill struct...
This paper seeks to isolate empirically the productivity effect of offshoring on establishment emplo...
This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring in five European countries (Germany, Spain, ...
The extent and structure of outsourcing and offshoring since 1971 is examined in this paper. Officia...
This paper examines the status quo, the development, the target and origin regions and the underlyin...
'In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial empl...
In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial emplo...
Since the middle of the 1990s many German companies have relocated parts of their production abroad ...
Besides material offshoring, economists have started to analyze the impact of service offshoring on ...
This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups ba...
This chapter is devoted to the widely debated topic of outsourcing of production and jobs from the W...
Besides material offshoring, economists have started to analyze the impact of service offshoring on ...
One quarter to half of the manufacturing companies in different Western European countries performed...
One quarter to half of the manufacturing companies in different Western European countries performed...
The authors use data from several sources, including plant-level data from the manufacturing sector ...
'This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill struct...
This paper seeks to isolate empirically the productivity effect of offshoring on establishment emplo...
This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring in five European countries (Germany, Spain, ...