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标题：Technological change and domestic outsourcing
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作者：Antonin Bergeaud ; Clement Malgouyres ; Clement Mazet-Sonilhac 等
期刊名称：CEP Discussion Paper
出版年度：2022
卷号：2022
语种：English
出版社：Centre for Economic Performance
摘要：Domestic outsourcing has grown substantially in developed countries over the past two decades. This paper addresses the question of the technological drivers of this phenomenon by studying the impact of the staggered diffusion of broadband internet in France during the 2000s. Our results confirm that broadband technology increases firm productivity and the relative demand for high-skill workers. Further, we show that broad-band internet led firms to outsource some non-core occupations to service contractors, both in the low and high-skill segments. In both cases, we find that employment related to these occupations became increasingly concentrated in firms specializing in these activities, and was less likely to be performed in-house within firms specialized in other activities. As a result, after the arrival of broadband internet, establishments become increasingly homogeneous in their occupational composition. Finally, we provide suggestive evidence that high-skill workers experience salary gains from being outsourced, while low-skill workers lose out.
关键词：broadband;firm organization;labor market;outsourcing