Technological Change and Domestic Outsourcing

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Bergeaud, Antonin; Malgouyres, Clement; Mazet-Sonilhac, Clement; Signorelli, Sara
• 署名单位: Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; Institut Polytechnique de Paris; ENSAE Paris; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Bocconi University; Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Ecole Polytechnique
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/730166
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: business services; INEQUALITY; FIRMS; wages

摘要

Does domestic outsourcing react to technological change? We study the staggered diffusion of broadband internet in France in the 2000s and show that connected firms increased their outsourcing expenditures while decreasing the diversity of occupations they employ in-house. Meanwhile, employment in noncore occupations became increasingly concentrated in firms specializing in subcontracting services. Finally, we provide evidence that workers in high-skill occupations experienced salary gains from being outsourced, while workers in low-skill occupations lost out. Overall, we show that the deployment of new technologies stimulated domestic outsourcing in this context, with important implications for labor market inequality.