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OUTSOURCING TYPES, RELATIVE WAGES, AND THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED WORKERS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MANUFACTURING |
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| Authors: | AEKAPOL CHONGVILAIVAN JUNG HUR YOHANES E. RIYANTO |
| Affiliation: | Chongvilaivan:;Research Fellow, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, AS2, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570. Phone +65-6516-4524, Fax +65-6775-2646, E-mail Hur:;Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Sogang University, Shinsu-dong, Mapogu, Seoul, 121-742, Republic of Korea. Phone +82-2-705-8179, Fax +82-2-705-8180, E-mail Riyanto:;Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, AS2, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570. Phone +65-6516-6939, Fax +65-6775-2646, E-mail |
| Abstract: | Existing studies on the impact of outsourcing on relative wages and the demand for skilled workers mainly focus on aggregate outsourcing, in which imported intermediate inputs are used as a proxy. We depart from the existing studies by focusing on various types of outsourcing based on the six-digit NAICS U.S. manufacturing data. We show that downstream materials and service outsourcing are skill biased, whereas upstream materials outsourcing is not. We also produce other supplementary results pertaining to the impact of technology, different capital inputs on relative wages, and the demand for skilled workers. ( JEL C33, F14, F15) |
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