Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages

Author(s)

• Hollweg, Claire H.
• Lederman, Daniel
• Rojas, Diego
• Bulmer, Elizabeth Ruppert

Bibliographic Information

Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages

Claire H. Hollweg ... [et al.]

（Directions in development, . Trade）

World Bank, c2014

• : paper

Note

Other authors: Daniel Lederman, Diego Rojas, and Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This report quantifies labor mobility costs in developing countries and simulates the implied adjustment paths of employment and wages following a change in trade policy. High mobility costs are shown to reduce the potential gains to trade reform.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB16361483
• ISBN:
  • 9781464802638
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 104 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD5852
  • DC23 : 331.12
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Labor market -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Labor mobility -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Wages -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Business cycles -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Commerce
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24435657