TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hijzen, Alexander
AU  - Görg, Holger
AU  - Hine, Robert C.
        TI  - International Outsourcing and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in the United Kingdom
        PY  - 2004/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1249
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1249
        AB  - This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill
structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for
the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for
manufacturing industries for the period 1982 to 1996. Estimating a system of variable factor
demands, our main results show that international outsourcing has had a strong negative
impact on the demand for unskilled labour. Hence, international outsourcing is an important
component in explanations of the changing skill structure of manufacturing industries in the
United Kingdom.
        KW  - wages
KW  - skill-biased technological change
KW  - fragmentation
KW  - Outsourcing
KW  - trade
        ER  -