wage of skilled workers

But there is a major flaw in this case against globalization: the anecdotal evidence that the wages of skilled workers are under pressure is just not reflected in the numbers.

The influx into the United States of clothing and other goods produced with low-skilled labor has modestly pushed the wages of unskilled workers further behind the wages of skilled workers.

And economic theory indicates that the move of a skilled worker from a place where the returns to skill are relatively low to a place where they are relatively high should produce a net gain (but that it would tend to depress the wages of skilled workers in the recipient country).