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Fragmentation, skill formation and international capital mobility
Sudeshna Mitra,Kausik Gupta +1 more
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In the last few decades, an important feature of the on-going process of globalization is production fragmentation as discussed by the authors, and the growing importance of international fragmentation of production has been highlighted.Abstract:
During the last few decades an important feature of the on-going process of globalization is production fragmentation. Owing to the growing importance of international fragmentation of production p...read more
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Customs Union, Wage Inequality and Welfare in General Equilibrium
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Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality
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Foreign Investment, Outsourcing and Relative Wages
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the reduction in the relative employment and wages of unskilled workers in the U.S. during the 1980's and argue that a contributing factor to this decline was rising imports reflecting the outsourcing of production activities.
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Foreign Investment, Outsourcing and Relative Wages
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the reduction in the relative employment and wages of unskilled workers in the U.S. during the 1980's and argue that a contributing factor to this decline was rising imports reflecting the outsourcing of production activities.
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Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of Trade and Wages
TL;DR: The authors argue that trade in intermediate inputs, or "global production sharing," is a potentially important explanation for the increase in the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of Trade and Wages
TL;DR: The authors argue that trade in intermediate inputs, or "global production sharing," is a potentially important explanation for the increase in the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in the U.S. and elsewhere.