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Working Paper 07-12 - Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in Belgium

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  • Bart Hertveldt
  • Bernhard Klaus Michel

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A major concern regarding the consequences of offshoring is about the labour market position of low-skilled workers. This paper provides evidence for Belgium that offshoring has had a negative impact on the employment share of low-skilled workers in the manufacturing sector between 1995 and 2007. The main contribution to the fall in the low-skilled employment share came from materials offshoring to Central and Eastern Europe (21%), followed by business services offshoring (8%). In manufacturing industries with a higher ICT capital intensity the impact of offshoring is smaller. For market services industries, no robust conclusions regarding the impact of offshoring on low-skilled employment could be drawn.

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  • Bart Hertveldt & Bernhard Klaus Michel, 2012. "Working Paper 07-12 - Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand in Belgium," Working Papers 201207, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium.
    • Handle: RePEc:fpb:wpaper:201207
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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