The effects of technology—especially digital innovation—and globalization on labor markets are three-fold. The first effect is disruption as jobs relocate to take advantage of lower costs, evolve to entail different tasks, or undergo wholesale change with the elimination of old jobs and the emergence of new ones. Disruption is a permanent feature of any dynamic … Continue reading
Unlike in the case of the US, rising trade with emerging low-wage countries did not speed up the decline of manufacturing in Germany. Trade, in fact, slowed it down because the rising exports to these new markets worked to stabilize industry jobs, which might have otherwise been replaced by service jobs. A new IZA Discussion Paper by Wolfgang … Continue reading
Three economic and financial experts forecast an improvement in U.S. employment as the continuing globalization of national economies continues to lift overseas wages, blunting the advantages U.S. companies derive from offshoring. Bob Baur, chief global economist of Principal Global Investors, Jim McCaughan, chief executive officer of Principal Global Investors, and Drake University law professor Hunter … Continue reading