First, offshoring boosts the productivity of remaining low-skilled workers which can focus on tasks they are most efficient at. Second, it increases the productivity of firms relying more on low-skilled labour, thereby further boosting the demand for—and thus wages of—this type of labour. These two effects outweigh the more traditional labour supply effect which exerts downwards pressure on the wages of workers. However, the general results hold when using alternative measures of inequality that account for the incomes of the unemployed. This suggests that while separate research may be needed to understand how GVCs shape jobs (and the distribution of capital returns or wealth), the reported links between GVCs and inequality appear to be robust.