TY  - JOUR
AU  - Abraham,Katharine G.
AU  - Taylor,Susan K.
TI  - Firms' Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4468
PY  - 1993
Y2  - September 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4468
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4468.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Katharine G. Abraham
Joint Program in Survey Methodology
1218 LeFrak Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
Tel: 301/405-1004
Fax: 301/314-7912
E-Mail: kabraham@survey.umd.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -