OUTSOURCING TYPES, RELATIVE WAGES, AND THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED WORKERS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MANUFACTURING
"Existing studies on the impact of outsourcing on relative wages and the demand for skilled workers mainly focus on aggregate outsourcing, in which imported intermediate inputs are used as a proxy. We depart from the existing studies by focusing on various types of outsourcing based on the six-digit NAICS U.S. manufacturing data. We show that downstream materials and service outsourcing are skill biased, whereas upstream materials outsourcing is not. We also produce other supplementary results pertaining to the impact of technology, different capital inputs on relative wages, and the demand for skilled workers. "("JEL "C33, F14, F15) Copyright (c) 2008 Western Economic Association International.
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2009
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Authors: | CHONGVILAIVAN, AEKAPOL ; HUR, JUNG ; RIYANTO, YOHANES E. |
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Economic Inquiry. - Western Economic Association International - WEAI, ISSN 0095-2583. - Vol. 47.2009, 1, p. 18-33
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Western Economic Association International - WEAI |
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