Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149158 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10299
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We discuss the effects of low-skill offshoring on the endogenous schooling decision of workers along with the potential changes in the labor market. The analysis is performed in the context of a matching model with different possible equilibria. Our exercise suggests that the endogenous adjustment of low-skill workers can only partially offset the welfare-deteriorating effects of offshoring. As a result, we aim at restoring welfare by increasing the opportunity cost of staying low-skill. In addition to this, we also consider labor flexibility as an effective policy to deal with the adverse welfare effects of offshoring that befall those in the lowest end of the skill ladder.
Subjects: 
offshoring
welfare
skills
education
flexibility
JEL: 
F66
I25
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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