Title: How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
Headings: How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
What You Need to Know About Outsourcing Jobs
How It Affects the Economy
Technology Outsourcing
Call Center Outsourcing
Human Resources Outsourcing
NAFTA Job Losses
Jobs in Mexico
India Attracting U.S. Companies
Jobs in China
Robots
Underpaid Workers
Rise in the Freelance Economy
The Bottom Line
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Content: Imposing laws to artificially restrict job outsourcing could make U.S. companies less competitive. If they are forced to hire expensive U.S. workers, they would raise prices and increase costs for consumers. The pressure to outsource might lead some companies to even move their whole operation, including headquarters, overseas. Others might not be able to compete with higher costs and would be forced out of business. Technology Outsourcing
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American companies send IT jobs to India and China because the skills are similar while the wages are much lower. Companies in Silicon Valley outsource tech jobs by offering H-1b visas to foreign-born workers. Call Center Outsourcing
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In the past 20 years, many call centers have been outsourced to India and the Philippines. That's because the workers there speak English. But that trend is changing. Unlike technology outsourcing, there is a much smaller wage discrepancy between call center workers in the U.S. and emerging markets .