1、2200 单词， 12500英文字符 ,3200汉字 文献出处： Bachmann R, Braun S. The impact of international outsourcing on labour market dynamics in Germany J. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58(1): 1-28. ht tp:/w ww.w 原文 THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING ON LABOUR MARKET DYNAMICS IN GERMANY Ronald Bachma
2、nn and Sebastian Braun ABSTRACT Using an administrative data set containing daily information on individual workers employment histories, we investigate how workers labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate hazard rate models for match separa
3、tions, as well as for worker flows from employment to another job, to unemployment, and to nonparticipation. Outsourcing has a positive but small impact on overall job stability in the manufacturing sector, and considerably increases job stability in the service sector. However, the effect of outsou
4、rcing varies strongly across skill levels and age groups, with negative effects for some workers. This is especially the case in the manufacturing sector, where the hazard of transiting to no employment rises with international outsourcing for medium-skilled and older workers. Keywords: Job stabilit
5、y, labour market transitions; worker flows, outsourcing, duration analysis INTRODUCTION Fears of economic competition from low-wage countries are widespread among workers, trade unionists and politicians in many industrialized countries. The concern is that economies with relatively high labour cost
6、s are adversely affected by labour demand shifting towards economies with lower labour costs, thereby reducing job stability and increasing unemployment. One mechanism which is suspected of leading to such an evolution is international outsourcing, which occurs when a domestic firm subcontracts a (production) process to a foreign supplier. While a number of theoretical papers has underlined the importance of international outsourcing for relative
