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Technological Changes, Offshoring, and the Labor Share
Weicheng Lian
出版International Monetary Fund, 2019-07-02
主題Business & Economics / Labor / GeneralBusiness & Economics / Economics / MacroeconomicsBusiness & Economics / Industries / Manufacturing
ISBN14983256109781498325615
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jc2pDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Existing studies on the downward trend in the labor share of income mostly focus on changes within individual countries. I document, however, that half of the global decline in the labor share of income can be traced to the relocation of activities between countries. I develop a two-country model to show that when the relative price of investment goods falls, production activities with a small elasticity of substitution between capital and labor tend to get offshored from high- to low-wage countries. The model provides an explanation as to why such relocation may drive the labor share down in both developed and developing economies, as well as globally.