OUTSOURCING AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS IN THE UK

Bob Anderton and Paul Brenton

Chapter 9 in International Trade, Distribution and Development:Empirical Studies of Trade Policies, 2014, pp 185-203 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Outsourcing is proxied by constructing import penetration terms for groups of countries (distinguishing between imports from industrialized countries and imports from low-wage countries) for each four-digit industry within the broader categories of textiles and non-electrical machinery. The results show that imports from low-wage countries have made a significant contribution to the decline in the wage-bill share and relative employment of the less skilled in the UK. The degree of outsourcing may differ between industries, and large currency appreciations may have a disproportionately large impact on the economic fortunes of the less-skilled.

Keywords: Trade; Economic Development; Empirical Studies; Modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Outsourcing and Low-Skilled Workers in the UK (1999)
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