TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Bellmann, Lutz
AU  - Pahnke, André
AU  - Teixeira, Paulino
        TI  - A Note on the Determinants and Consequences of Outsourcing Using German Data
        PY  - 2008/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3608
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3608
        AB  - Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as agreement on the absence of adverse employment effects across all industries. For one specification, however, some negative effects are reported for manufacturing industry, balanced by positive effects for the services sector for another. But there are no indications of survival bias. This is because the association between outsourcing and plant closings is predominantly negative, albeit poorly determined.
        KW  - outsourcing
KW  - organizational change
KW  - employment change
KW  - plant closings
KW  - value added
        ER  -