Services offshoring and wages: evidence from micro data
Geishecker, Ingo ; Görg, Holger
University of Nottingham. The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
University of Nottingham - Nottingham
2008
14 p.
skilled worker ; outsourcing ; unskilled worker ; wage differential ; wages
Research Paper
22
Production management
English
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"We show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit in terms of higher real wages. Hence, offshoring has contributed to a widening of the wage gap between skilled and less skilled workers."
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