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This paper re-examines the trade-based explanation of increased wage inequality in developed countries by focusing on international outsourcing. It is the first detailed study to address the effects of outsourcing on labour markets in the UK. In a recent paper, Feenstra and Hanson (1996)...
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This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for manufacturing...
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fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … fragmentation. …
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This paper re-examines the trade-based explanation of increased wage inequality in developed countries by focusing on international outsourcing. It is the first detailed study to address the effects of outsourcing on labour markets in the UK. In a recent paper, Feenstra and Hanson (1996)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703769
This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822380
fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … fragmentation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822438
flows in the period of massive and rapid labor reallocation, i.e. the economic transition from a centrally planned to a …
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between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …
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stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition … countries. We exploit this unique evidence from transition and advanced countries, to analyze the relationship between the … not explained away by transition-related phenomena. We argue that the ob-served divergence in time trends reflects a level …
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Transition has involved major job destruction and creation. This paper examines the skill content of these changes … using a detailed three country firm survey. It shows that transition has exerted a strong bias against unskilled labour who …
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