A Theory of Outsourcing and Wage Decline
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- Thomas J. Holmes & Julia Thornton Snider, 2009. "A theory of outsourcing and wage decline," Working Papers 669, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
- L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2009-04-13 (Business Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2009-04-13 (Labour Economics)
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