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) estimate the effect of international outsourcing on wage inequality in the US. This …

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 … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …

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 … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …

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 … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …

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 … factor demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative impact on the demand for …

This paper takes stock of the rapidly expanding literature on international outsourcing. The first part of the paper … outsourcing. In the author’s view, input-output tables are to be preferred in most cases, although it is acknowledged that the …-demand effects of international outsourcing. It starts off by describing the basic methodology and subsequently reviews the empirical …

fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the …Our paper investigates the link between outsourcing and wages utilising a large household panel and combining it with … definitions of outsourcing. Furthermore we find some evidence that high-skilled workers experienced increased wages due to …

fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the …Our paper investigates the link between outsourcing and wages utilising a large household panel and combining it with … definitions of outsourcing. Furthermore we find some evidence that high-skilled workers experienced increased wages due to …

Feenstra and Hanson (1999) propose a two-stop method to analyse the role of outsourcing and skill-biased technological … bias of outsourcing and SBTC. The results indicate that outsourcing has significantly contributed to the rise in the … domestic wage inequality accounting for approximately 12% of the increase in the UK in the 1990s. Factor-biased outsourcing was …

Our paper investigates the link between international outsourcing and wages utilising a large household panel and … outsourcing has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … combining it with industry level information on industries? outsourcing activities from input-output tables. By doing so we can …