We discuss the effects of offshoring on the labor market in a matching model with endogenous adjustment of educational … skills. We carry out a comparative statics analysis and show that offshoring leads to a restructuring of the economy through … skill-biased technical change (SBTC) where overall welfare is improved. In a policy exercise we show that, if offshoring …

important factor from the 1990s onwards. -- wage inequality ; polarization ; occupational tasks ; offshoring ; RIF-regressions …

In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …

explanation is at odds with the sequence of observed facts. We propose and model an alternative scenario in which offshoring …

We discuss the effects of low-skill offshoring on the endogenous schooling decision of workers along with the potential …-deteriorating effects of offshoring. As a result, we aim at restoring welfare by increasing the opportunity cost of staying low-skill. In … offshoring that befall those in the lowest end of the skill ladder. …

We present a global production sharing model that integrates the organizational choices of offshoring into the … determination of relative wages in developing countries. The model shows that offshoring through foreign direct investment …

exploiting offshoring. It implies that automation (offshoring) may reduce (raise) employment by lengthening (shortening … offshoring on the labor market can substantially deviate from standard neoclassical conclusions when search frictions hinder …

This paper examines how offshoring affects worker skill demands and studies its implications for wage inequality. Using … Danish administrative data, we find that offshoring increases firm-level demand for higher skills in occupations with high … mechanisms and quantify the role of offshoring-induced adjustments. Offshoring increases firm similarity in worker skill and …