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International Trade, Wage Inequality and the Developing Economy : A General Equilibrium Approach /

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This book deals with the impact that international trade is likely to have on the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a typical developing economy. This is the first theoretical monograph on this particular issue which has already generated substantial debate and voluminous work for the developed countrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marjit, Sugata
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Acharyya, Rajat
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2003.
Series:Contributions to economics.
Subjects:
Economics.
Development economics.
International economic relations.
Labor economics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Evidence and the Debate: Wages and Employment
  • Part II: Explaining Symmetric Wage-Gap: The Standard Trade Theory: How Far Does It Go?; Trade Liberalization and Symmetric Wage-Gap; Input Trade: An Alternative Explanation
  • Part III: Trade, Capital Flow and Employment: Liberalization and Employment in the Organized Sector
  • Part IV: Trade Liberalization, Wage Inequality and Employment in the South: Diverse Trade Pattern, Complementarity and Fragmentation; Segmented Input Markets and Non-Traded Good; Trade, Skill Formation and the Wage-Gap
  • Conclusion.