TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Munch, Jakob R.
AU  - Skaksen, Jan Rose
        TI  - Specialization, Outsourcing and Wages
        PY  - 2005/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1907
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1907
        AB  - This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a simple theoretical model, we argue that, if outsourcing is associated with specialization gains arising from an increase in the division of labor, domestic outsourcing tends to increase wages for both unskilled and skilled labor. We use a panel data set of workers in Danish manufacturing industries to show that domestic and foreign outsourcing affect wages as predicted by the theory.
        KW  - outsourcing
KW  - comparative advantage
KW  - specialization
KW  - wages
        ER  -