wages for managers and reduces wages for workers performing offshorable tasks. The positive effect of FDI on managers' wages …This paper investigates to which extent outward foreign direct investment (FDI) affects domestic wages. We are first …

advantage in the most complex tasks relative to capital, and because the wages of the least skilled workers are sufficiently low … relative to their productivity and the effective cost of capital in low-complexity tasks. Minimum wages and other sources of …We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either …

theoretical and an empirical point of view. Given that jobs can be broken down into tasks, namely units of work activities … producing output, we empirically test whether part of the observed variation in wages across similar individuals is related to … differences in the intensity with which tasks are implemented. We then investigate whether the variety in task implementation …

The impact of offshoring on domestic jobs is more complicated than it first appears. In the standard narrative …, offshoring production is thought to harm domestic workers by providing cheap alternative sources of labor. However, while … offshoring may directly displace domestic workers, the resulting foreign market access and lower production costs allow domestic …

, productivity and wages. Structural inequality shocks also have a negative impact on hours worked, but additionally reduce …This paper analyses the relationship between wage inequality and labour market development. Relevant economic theories … are ambiguous, just as public debates. We measure the effects of wage inequality, skill-biased and skill …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very … heterogeneous within skill groups. We test this hypothesis by combining micro-level information on wages and demographic and …