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Three Essays on Macroeconomics with Search Frictions Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Georgia, 2022 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Outsourcing Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Chapters 1 and 2 study the effects of domestic outsourcing on workers and labor markets. In Chapter 1, I use self-reported outsourcing status from the NLSY 1979. Outsourced workers earn 7.1% less in total compensation, mainly because they have lower access to health insurance and retirement plans. These effects are heterogeneous by education: workers without a bachelor's degree earn 8.8% less, while workers with a bachelor's degree earn insignificantly more. Within occupations, outsourcing is positively correlated with employment. Outsourcing leads to a trade-off for workers without a bachelor's degree: jobs are lower quality but more plentiful. In Chapter 2, I examine this trade-off by developing a DMP-style model, in which firms endogenously choose to either hire workers from a frictional labor market or rent labor from outsourcers. High-productivity firms chose to outsource and expand: workers lose access to the highest-paying jobs but are more likely to be employed. Calibrations reveal outsourcing makes workers without a bachelor’s degree worse off but workers with one better off. |
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Spitze, Scott. Three Essays on Macroeconomics with Search Frictions. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Georgia, 2022. |