Services offshoring and wages: evidence from micro data

"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."

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Geishecker, Ingo, Görg, Holger
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Nottingham 2008
University of Nottingham
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180898124919080709-Services-offshoring-and-wages-.htm
Description
Summary:"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."
Physical Description:14 p.
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