Globalization and Its Impact on Labour

Robert Feenstra

No 44, wiiw Working Papers from The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw

Abstract: This is the text of Professor Robert Feenstra's 'Global Economy Lecture' which he delivered in February 2007. It is part of a lecture series organized jointly by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and the Austrian National Bank (OeNB). In this lecture, Professor Feenstra covers a wide range of issues related to the ongoing discussion of the impact of global economic integration upon labour markets the impact of outsourcing upon wage structures and upon productivity, the effects of NAFTA upon the US, Mexican and Canadian economies, the issue of outsourcing in services, the impact of international migration flows, etc.

Keywords: globalization and labour markets; outsourcing; trade vs. technology; outsourcing in services; migration; production-nonproduction workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F16 F21 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-07
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