Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods

There is a continuing debate about the role of changes in trade on the evolution of relative wages particularly the skilled-unskilled wage gap. In the 1980's, the wage gap widened considerably in the United States, and there was an active literature on the roles of trade, technology, and changes in...

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Main Authors: Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2002
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156689
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description There is a continuing debate about the role of changes in trade on the evolution of relative wages particularly the skilled-unskilled wage gap. In the 1980's, the wage gap widened considerably in the United States, and there was an active literature on the roles of trade, technology, and changes in labor supplies, particularly due to migration and education, in explaining these changes. The empirical models used to analyze the links fall into two broad groups: (1) partial-equilibrium models of the labor market, focusing on changes in the supply and demand of labor by skill category, and (2) general equilibrium trade models linking domestic factor returns to changes in world prices and the composition of trade....In this paper, we present a theoretical model that can capture many of the differences between the approaches of trade and labor economists.-- from Authors' Introduction.
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spelling CGSpace1566892025-11-06T05:20:15Z Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods Thierfelder, Karen Robinson, Sherman trade labour market remuneration migration skilled labour There is a continuing debate about the role of changes in trade on the evolution of relative wages particularly the skilled-unskilled wage gap. In the 1980's, the wage gap widened considerably in the United States, and there was an active literature on the roles of trade, technology, and changes in labor supplies, particularly due to migration and education, in explaining these changes. The empirical models used to analyze the links fall into two broad groups: (1) partial-equilibrium models of the labor market, focusing on changes in the supply and demand of labor by skill category, and (2) general equilibrium trade models linking domestic factor returns to changes in world prices and the composition of trade....In this paper, we present a theoretical model that can capture many of the differences between the approaches of trade and labor economists.-- from Authors' Introduction. 2002 2024-10-24T12:45:07Z 2024-10-24T12:45:07Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156689 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Thierfelder, Karen; Robinson, Sherman. 2002. Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods. TMD Discussion Paper 96. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156689
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Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title_full Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title_fullStr Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title_full_unstemmed Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title_short Trade and the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
title_sort trade and the skilled unskilled wage gap in a model with differentiated goods
topic trade
labour market
remuneration
migration
skilled labour
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156689
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