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Directions in Development - Trade

Sticky Feet

How Labor Market Frictions Shape the Impact of International Trade on Jobs and Wages

Claire H. Hollweg and Others
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Publisher 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.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2014
June 26
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
120
Pages
PUBLISHER
World Bank Publications
SELLER
Bookwire US Inc
SIZE
12.1
MB

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