期刊名称：Discussion Paper Series / Department of Economics, Monash University
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
出版社：Monash University
摘要：This paper investigates the effect of trade and outsourcing on demand for labour in France,
including the role of exports. We analyse the impact of outsourcing - imported inputs - on
unskilled labour in manufacturing industry during 1990-2002 and find that outsourcing has a
significant negative effect on the relative demand for unskilled labour. This could be
potentially mitigated by exports in manufacturing, which are found to increase the demand
for unskilled labour. Our analysis of economy- wide impact of trade over 1970-2003 finds
that imported goods and services, as well as total exports, contribute to the skilled-unskilled
differential by increasing the demand for skilled labour. These trade variables, however, have
no statistically significant impact on the demand for unskilled labour.
关键词：International trade, outsourcing, skill differentials, production theory
