Technological Changes, Offshoring, and the Labor Share /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lian, Weicheng
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/142
Online Access:Full text available on IMF