The paper builds an argument that international trade can be one explanation behind polarization of employment in the … workforce. The effects off-shoring on wages and job composition are also studied. That of low-skill and high-skill tasks, not … ; hollowing out ; skill biased technical change ; terms of trade ; off-shoring …

effect ambiguous. This paper investigates the employment effects of service offshoring in a newly combined and exceptionally … service offshoring has increased firm employment. In line with the canonical trade in tasks model, the employment gains are …Major technological advances have recently spurred a new wave of offshoring in services, which used to be non …