01812cam a2200277Ia 4500010695607MiAaHDL20110802000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua060324s2006 dcu b f000 0 eng dsdr-coo5768616(OCoLC)67613339NICNICn-us---HG175.F46 no.06-04Kurz, Christopher Johann.Outstanding outsourcers :a firm- and plant-level analysis of production sharing /Christopher Johann Kurz.Firm- and plant-level analysis of production sharingWashington, D.C. :Federal Reserve Board, Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs,[2006].36 p. ;28 cm.Finance and economics discussion series ;2006-04Bibliography: p. 24-26.This paper examines the differences in characteristics between outsourcers and nonoutsourcers with a particular focus on productivity. The measure of outsourcing comes from a question in the 1987 and 1992 Census of Manufactures regarding plant-level purchases of foreign intermediate materials. There are two key findings. First, outsourcers are "outstanding." That is, all else equal, outsourcers tend to have premia for plant and firm characteristics, such as being larger, more capital intensive, and more productive. One exception to this outsourcing premia is that wages tend to be the same for both outsourcers and non-outsourcers. Second, outsourcing firms, but not plants, have significantly higher productivity growth.Mode of access: Internet.Offshore outsourcingUnited States.Contracting outUnited States.Intermediate goodsUnited States.Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)01069560720100825131821.020110802000000.020120814074843.02024-09-11T17:38:40Z2024-09-11T17:30:02ZSDR-COOUNKNOWNloader.pl-001-001BKsdr-coo5768616cooSDRCOOcoo.31924102827791COO5768616COOCOO20240911googlecoo.319241028277912006icbibUS fed doc--federal reserve: pubdate >= 1931