Firms' Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence / Katharine G. Abraham, Susan K. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abraham, Katharine G.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Taylor, Susan K.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4468.

NBER working paper series no. w4468

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Firms' Use of Outside Contractors

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993.

Summary:

A firm's decision to contract out for business support services may be influenced by the wage and benefit savings it could realize, the volatility of its output demand and the availability of specialized skills possessed by the outside contractor. Analysis of newly-available establishment-level data shows that all three of these factors help to explain observed contracting behavior. The reported empirical findings are relevant both for understanding the recent growth in business support service contracting and for understanding firms' relationships with their own employees.

Notes:

Print version record

September 1993.