Immigration, offshoring, and American jobs
Ottaviano, G. I. P., Peri, G. & Wright, G.
(2013).
Immigration, offshoring, and American jobs.
American Economic Review,
103(5), 1925-1959.
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.5.1925
Following Grossman and Rossi-Hansberg (2008) we present a model in which tasks of varying complexity are matched to workers of varying skill in order to develop and test predictions regarding the effects of immigration and offshoring on US native-born workers. We find that immigrant and native-born workers do not compete much due to the fact that they tend to perform tasks at opposite ends of the task complexity spectrum, with offshore workers performing the tasks in the middle. An effect of offshoring and a positive effect of immigration on native-born employment suggest that immigration and offshoring improve industry efficiency.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2013 American Economic Association |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Economics LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Economic Performance |
| DOI | 10.1257/aer.103.5.1925 |
| Date Deposited | 15 Apr 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/48819 |
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- E151 United States (General)
- HC Economic History and Conditions
- HD Industries. Land use. Labor
- JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J41 - Contracts: Specific Human Capital, Matching Models, Efficiency Wage Models, and Internal Labor Markets
- J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- L24 - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
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