Hsieh, Chang-Tai; Woo, Keong T. - In: American Economic Review 95 (2005) 5, pp. 1673-1687
We measure the impact of China's decision to open its economy in 1980 on outsourcing from Hong Kong and the relative demand for less-skilled workers. We show that the relative demand for skilled workers in Hong Kong increased at the same time outsourcing to China began to increase. The...