Offshoring, tasks, and the skill-wage pattern

B-Tier
Journal: European Economic Review
Year: 2013
Volume: 61
Issue: C
Pages: 132-152

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0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the occupational task profile using rich individual-level panel data. Our main results suggest that, when only considering within-industry changes in offshoring, we identify a moderate wage reduction due to offshoring for low-skilled workers, though wage effects in relation to the task profile of occupations are not estimated with sufficient precision. However, when allowing for cross-industry effects of offshoring, i.e. allowing for labor mobility across industries, negative wage effects of offshoring are quite substantial and depend strongly on the task profile of workers' occupations. A higher degree of interactivity and, in particular, non-routine content effectively shields workers against the negative wage impact of offshoring.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:eecrev:v:61:y:2013:i:c:p:132-152
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24