Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/4050 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 6361
Publisher: 
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
Abstract: 
We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a multinational. Our results show robust evidence for positive effects from outsourcing of services inputs for exporters, either domestic- or foreignowned. By contrast, we find no statistically significant evidence of an impact of international outsourcing of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market.
JEL: 
F14
F23
L23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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