Aleksandra Parteka

Integrated Sectors – Diversified Earnings: The (Missing) Impact of Offshoring on Wages and Wage Convergence in the EU27

October 1, 2013 • Working Papers • By Aleksandra Parteka and Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz

Abstract This paper assesses the impact of international outsourcing/offshoring practices on the process of wage equalization across manufacturing sectors in a sample of EU27 economies (1995-2009). We discriminate between heterogeneous…