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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 … between trade and wages are addressed through the use of a gravity-based sector-level instrument. We find no evidence …
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We revisit Grossman and Rossi-Hansberg's (2008) famous result, that under certain conditions offshoring of low … Rybczynski-type reallocation of factors to absorb offshoring-induced job displacement is ruled out. We allow for simultaneous … offshoring of both skilled and unskilled labor, and we derive new results on the role of factor-bias in offshoring, identifying …
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I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working …
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domestic labor force at the sector-level. In order to better elucidate the offshoring employment relationship, this paper … production-side shock that changes firms' offshoring decision can influence the local economy and its labor market. …
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This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …
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I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working …
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the wages for skilled and unskilled workers, leading to involuntary unemployment of unskilled workers in equilibrium …
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local labor market effects (wages and informality) and estimates from wage equations that reflect the predictions from long …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms … of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more exposed to the export shock …
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, respectively. Offshoring to these origins has opposing effects on German wages with respect to the relative task complexity of jobs …: While offshoring to the West puts pressure on the wages of complex jobs and increases the wages of simple jobs, offshoring … nach der Komplexität seines Aufgabenspektrums unterschieden und Offshoring je nach Lohnniveau des Ziellandes eingeteilt …
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offshoring on wages mainly concerns low and medium skilled workers. However, in terms of magnitude, the downward pressure on … domestic wages exhibited by offshoring to LWC is relatively small. LWC (Low wage countries) classifications employed in this …This paper extends the literature on the implications of offshoring for labour markets by investigating its effect on …
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