Keyword: offshoring
Baby Dilemma (9/1/2005)
Low fertility among educated women threatens to lower the supply of high-skilled workers.
Global Labor Market (9/5/2005)
Labor is increasingly globally sourced due to aging populations and lagging labor productivity in developed countries.
Income Distribution (7/7/2006)
In the U. S., the top income group has been gaining relative to the rest of the population due to globalization, but the belief in upward mobility is still strong.
Opportunities Pay (9/5/2005)
Job security of American workers whose opportunity costs are higher but whose labor productivity is no higher than foreign workers will be increasingly threatened by foreign competition.
The Seduction of Cheap Labor (8/31/2005)
Cheap immigrant labor has kept labor-intensive lettuce farming in America that should perhaps have been offshored or mechanized.
The Truncated Job Ladder (9/5/2005)
The job ladder that has been truncated from the bottom and from the top means longer formal education to get to the bottom of the ladder and more limited promotion prospects once on the ladder.
White-collar unions (1/16/2006)
White-collared workers are increasingly affiliated with beleaguered blue-collared labor unions to bulk up their collective bargaining position over non-wage issues.