Offshoring and the distribution of skills
构建两部门模型，研究技能分布如何影响最终品贸易和离岸外包，发现技能丰裕度差异导致工资差距从而产生外包机会，而技能多样性差异则可能使外包不可行。
We develop a two-sector model to explore how skill distribution affects trade in final goods and offshoring. We show that when countries differ in skill abundance, wage disparities create opportunities for offshoring. In contrast, when countries vary in skill diversity but share the same median skill, symmetric skill distributions render offshoring infeasible. We also find that offshoring can result in relative prices under offshoring being lower than each country's autarky price if the gap between the median skill levels of two countries is high enough. Finally, we demonstrate that an individual's industry of employment primarily determines how they are affected by trade in final goods, whereas their occupation (tasks) shapes how they are impacted by offshoring.