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Heckley (2005)
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Heckley, G. (2005) ‘Offshoring and the labour market: the IT and call centre occupations considered’, Labour Market Trends 113(9): 373-385.Editorial Comment:
Abstract: Recently, there has been a great deal of media coverage of 'offshoring' -- the movement of jobs from the UK to abroad. Less developed countries are focusing on production intensive in low-skilled labor. A consequence of this is that low-skilled labor in developed nations becomes increasingly less price competitive and high-skilled labor faces increased demand. The service sector was previously thought of as a part of the economy that is 'non-tradeable' due to the need for the service to be provided locally, but recent technological developments have enabled increasing internationalization of some sectors within the service economy. The UK has rising imports of services where offshoring is highly present and increasing exports of services in these areas as well. There are currently no direct sources of labor market data on offshoring. At the moment anecdotal evidence suggests that offshoring is just beginning to become a popular method of business.
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