According to the Feenstra-Hanson model of offshoring, if Japan is skilled-labour abundant and Mexico is unskilled-labour abundant, once the most unskilled-labour intensive task is offshored from Japan to Mexico, the skilled-unskilled wage ratio will: (a) Decrease in both countries. (b) Increase in Japan but decrease in Mexico. (c) Decrease in Japan but in increase in Mexico. (d) Increase in both countries.

According to the Feenstra-Hanson model of offshoring, if Japan is skilled-labour abundant and Mexico is unskilled-labour abundant, once the most unskilled-labour intensive task is offshored from Japan to Mexico, the skilled-unskilled wage ratio will: (a) Decrease in both countries. (b) Increase in Japan but decrease in Mexico. (c) Decrease in Japan but in increase in Mexico. (d) Increase in both countries.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter9: Applications Of Cost Theory

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