Offshoring and Directed Technical Change

被引：103

作者：

Acemoglu, Daron ^{[1
]}

Gancia, Gino ^{[2
,3
]}

Zilibotti, Fabrizio ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

[2] CREi, Barcelona 08005, Spain

[3] Barcelona GSE, Barcelona 08005, Spain

[4] Univ Zurich, Dept Econ, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MACROECONOMICS | 2015年 / 7卷 / 03期

关键词：

TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; INNOVATION; TRADE; TASKS; SKILLS; GAINS; LABOR; BIAS;

D O I：

10.1257/mac.20130302

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We study the implications of offshoring on innovation, technology, and wage inequality in a Ricardian model with directed technical change. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and the direction of technological progress. A fall in the offshoring cost induces technical change with an ambiguous factor bias. When the initial cost of offshoring is high, an increase in offshoring opportunities causes a fall in the real wages of unskilled workers in industrial countries, skill-biased technical change and rising skill premia. When the offshoring cost is sufficiently low, instead, offshoring induces technical change biased in favor of the unskilled workers.

引用

页码：84 / 122

页数：39

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