The impact of foreign outsourcing on wage inequality in US manufacturing: New evidence

Nobuaki Yamashita

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 1, 46-48

Abstract: Re-examining the impact of foreign outsourcing on wage inequality in US manufacturing with a new methodology shows that increased parts and components imports from developing countries tended to increase wage inequality but imports from developed countries had no such effect.

Keywords: Measurement; of; foreign; outsourcing; Wage; inequality; US; manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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