International outsourcing of skill intensive tasks and wage inequality

Anwar, Sajid, Sun, Sizhong, and Valadkhani, Abbas (2013) International outsourcing of skill intensive tasks and wage inequality. Economic Modelling, 31. pp. 590-597.

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Abstract

Within the context of a product variety model, this paper examines the impact of international outsourcing of some skill intensive tasks on wage inequality. We consider four possibilities: long-run equilibrium where varieties of producer services are non-traded, long-run equilibrium where varieties of producer services are traded, short-run equilibrium where varieties of producer services are non-traded and short-run equilibrium where varieties of producer services are traded. It is shown that in each case, under certain conditions, international outsourcing can increase skilled–unskilled wage inequality. In the first three cases, outsourcing affects wage inequality directly as well as indirectly. In the short-run equilibrium, where varieties of producer services are traded, international outsourcing increases skilled–unskilled wage inequality only through an indirect channel. In the short-run equilibrium, where all goods are traded, the impact of outsourcing on wage inequality depends solely on the relative size of the income share of capital. Furthermore, in the long-run equilibrium, outsourcing increases the productivity of the industrial sector.

Item ID: 25172
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1873-6122
Keywords: skilled–unskilled wage inequality; international outsourcing; product varieties; non-traded goods
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2013 00:09
FoR Codes: 14 ECONOMICS > 1402 Applied Economics > 140211 Labour Economics @ 50%
14 ECONOMICS > 1402 Applied Economics > 140210 International Economics and International Finance @ 50%
SEO Codes: 91 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 9102 Microeconomics > 910208 Micro Labour Market Issues @ 100%
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