Replication data for: The Impact of Outsourcing to China on Hong Kong's Labor Market

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Chang-Tai Hsieh; Keong T. Woo

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Project Citation: 

Hsieh, Chang-Tai, and Woo, Keong T. Replication data for: The Impact of Outsourcing to China on Hong Kong’s Labor Market. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2005. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116065V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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 reallocation of workers from manufacturing to "outsourcing services" can account for 15 percent, and increased utilization of skilled workers within manufacturing industries for 30 percent, of the aggregate relative demand shift. In addition, the rate of skill upgrading has been greater in manufacturing industries that have seen a greater degree of outsourcing to China.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J23 Labor Demand
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      L24 Contracting Out; Joint Ventures; Technology Licensing
      M55 Personnel Economics: Labor Contracting Devices
      P33 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid


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