Specialization, outsourcing and wages
By: by Jakob Roland Munch, Jan Rose Skaksen
Contributors: Skaksen, Jan Rose
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 1907; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 1907
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a simple theoretical model, we argue that, if outsourcing is associated with specialization gains arising from an increase in the division of labor, domestic outsourcing tends to increase wages for both unskilled and skilled labor. We use a panel data set of workers in Danish manufacturing industries to show that domestic and foreign outsourcing affect wages as predicted by the theory"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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