Offshoring and Directed Technical Change

To study the short-run and long-run implications on wage inequality, we introduce directed technical change into a Ricardian model of offshoring. A unique final good is produced by combining a skilled and an unskilled product, each produced from a continuum of intermediates (tasks). Some of these ta...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron, Gancia, Gino, Zilibotti, Fabrizio
Format: Working Paper
Published: Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76741