Volume 3 • Issue 1 | March 2019
Offshoring Medium-Skilled Jobs and Wage Inequality in Task-Based Approach - From Practical to Theoretical Perspectives
Vo Thi Ngoc Ha
Abstract:
The last two decades has seen job polarization and the rapid increase in wage inequality emerging as a trend in many developed countries. Among hypotheses about the influence of globalization, task offshoring has been receiving high attention from several researchers. Employing the descriptive and critical review as a research method, the paper provides summary, classification and evaluation of both theoretical and empirical literature on offshoring medium-skilled job tasks and wage inequality in the task-based approach. The paper also identifies patterns and trends in the literature as well as lessons drawn from previous studies and provides implications for future research.
JEL classification: A1, F16, J1