TY - THES A1 - Kreutzer, Fabian T1 - Made by Germany - Eine mikroökonomische Analyse der makroökonomischen Effekte von Offshoring auf kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen in Deutschland Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-00-053199-6 PB - Stünings Medien CY - Krefeld ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kreutzer, Fabian T1 - The labour market effects of offshoring of small and medium-sized firms: micro-level evidence for Germany T2 - Applied Economics N2 - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the economic powerhouse of many OECD countries (perhaps most prominently so in Germany). Yet, the labour market dynamics caused by the internationalization of their production activities are largely unexplored. We use surveybased micro-level data for Germany to explore the employment effects of offshoring of SMEs, relying on propensity score matching and difference-in-difference analysis. We find evidence for a downsizing effect in the immediate aftermath of offshoring whereas, initially, job creation is not spurred. In the medium run, we find evidence for a slowing down of employment dynamics of offshoring firms (that tend to belong to the better performing SMEs in Germany) relative to nonoffshoring firms. Even though our results do not point to a net employment loss in the medium run, our evidence suggests that offshoring may lead to less jobs being created. This conclusion cannot be confirmed for large companies. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1420900 SN - 0003-6846 SN - 1466-4283 VL - 50 IS - 32 SP - 3416 EP - 3431 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Berger, Wolfram A1 - Kreutzer, Fabian T1 - Does Offshoring Boost Productivity? A Comparison of SMEs and Large Firms for Germany T2 - Economics and Business Letters N2 - We use plant-level evidence for Germany to explore the productivity effects of offshoring of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and compare them to those derived for a sample of large German companies. SMEs usually face tighter resource constraints than larger companies, thus making it harder for them to reap the potential productivity gains associated with offshoring. We find evidence for the group of SMEs that plants that offshore business activities tend to be among the more productive ones, ex ante. However, offshoring plants lose this edge over their non-offshoring counterparts. The initial productivity gap is reversed, and the productivity of offshoring plants lags behind even several years after off-shoring has actually taken place. Neither observation can be confirmed for large companies. KW - Offshoring KW - SME KW - Productivity KW - Difference-in-difference analysis Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.11.2.2022.46-52 SN - 2254-4380 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 46 EP - 52 ER -