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Sectoral Adjustment of Employment: The Impact of Outsourcing and Trade at the Micro Level

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Egger, Peter (University of Innsbruck)
Pfaffermayr, Michael (University of Innsbruck)
Weber, Andrea (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and IZA Bonn)

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This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors, using a dynamic multinomial logit framework with fixed effects. The data contain individual Austrian male workers over the period 1988-2001. Our results strongly support the view that international economic forces are important determinants of labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the probability of staying in or changing into the manufacturing sector, even more so for industries with a comparative disadvantage.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 921.

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Keywords: labor market turnover outsourcing dynamic discrete choice fixed effects panel estimation

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F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models

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