This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization … outsourcing/offshoring indices based on input-output data (World Input Output Database, April 2012 release). Two-way relations … place, but international outsourcing plays a negligible role in wage equalization. Moreover, even though regression results …

outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low …

by investors of particular locations for investment in manufacturing. The paper also lists out other shortcomings in the …

In this paper, we provide first empirical evidence on the effect of outsourcing on union wages using linked employer … industries with high outsourcing intensities. The finding applies to both firm- and sector-level agreements. Hence, outsourcing … appears to deteriorate the bargaining position of unions. Outsourcing is not found to have a negative effect on the wages of …

We analyze the effect of outsourcing on union wages in a simple two-stage game between a firm and a union. In contrast …. -- Collective Bargaining ; International Outsourcing ; Union Wages …

This paper deals with optimal income taxation under labor outsourcing and FDI. We show how the optimal income tax … response to the joint effect of outsourcing and FDI depends on whether FDI is complementary with, or substitutable for …, domestic labor. -- outsourcing ; foreign direct investment ; optimal nonlinear taxation …

This article explores the impact of innovation, offshoring and demand on profits and wage dynamics. The growing … highlights the contrasting effects of R&D and offshoring as wage determinants - the former exerts a positive effect while the …-skilled workers are favored by both innovation and offshoring, offshoring exerts downward pressure primarily on low-skilled wages (not …