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

This report analyzes the paths by which developing country labor markets adjust to permanent trade-related shocks. Trade shocks can bring about reallocation of labor between industries, but the presence of labor mobility costs implies economy-wide losses because they extend the period of economic adjustment. This report focuses primarily on the adjustment costs faced by workers after a trade shock, because of magnitude and welfare implications and...

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Ruppert Bulmer,Elizabeth N.;

Hollweg,Claire Honore;

Lederman,Daniel;

Rojas Alvarado,Luis Diego;
Document Date
2014/06/17
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
88890
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2014/06/24
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages
Keywords
labor mobility

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Ruppert Bulmer,Elizabeth N.; Hollweg,Claire Honore; Lederman,Daniel; Rojas Alvarado,Luis Diego.

Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages (English). Directions in development|trade Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820801468156898298

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