During 1985-2015, globalization intensified the factor-endowment-related pattern of sectoral specialization. In skill-abundant developed countries, manufacturing became more skill-intensive. In land-scarce developing East Asia, labour-intensive manufacturing expanded, especially in China. In...

The plummeting cost of international business travel and communication has enabled highly-skilled workers resident in developed countries to become increasingly involved in production in developing countries, where they can co-operate with less-skilled workers whose wages are lower than those of...