Globalization's impact on labor markets includes which of the following?

• A. Uniform job growth worldwide with no displacement
• B. Shifts in employment patterns due to offshoring and competition
• C. Isolation of skilled labor from global markets
• D. Elimination of all wage disparities

Answer: (B)

Globalization reshapes labor markets by shifting where and what people work through offshoring and cross-border competition. When production moves to lower-cost regions, demand for certain jobs rises in some places and falls in others, so employment patterns change rather than there being uniform growth. In advanced economies, routine, low-skilled work may decline as tasks move abroad or are automated, while demand grows for high-skilled, coordinating, and specialized roles that manage global operations. Workers in destination countries can gain new opportunities, but often with different wages and job conditions. Across economies, competition can pressure wages in some sectors and widen the gap between skilled and unskilled workers in others, so wage disparities persist rather than disappear. The other ideas—uniform worldwide job growth with no displacement, isolation from global markets, or the elimination of wage differences—don’t align with how globalization actually reshapes work across regions.