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“Protection and Real Wages”: The History of an Idea

In: International Trade Theory and Competitive Models Features, Values, and Criticisms

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  • Ronald W. Jones

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Few economics articles have achieved the celebrity that still attaches to the paper, “Protection and Real Wages,” by Wolfgang Stolper and Paul Samuelson in (1941). In this chapter, I discuss how the Stolper–Samuelson theorem has been re-interpreted over subsequent decades, and how attempts to generalize the theorem to higher dimensions have met with qualified results. The theorem leads to a simple proposition in political economy: In competitive models any productive factor can have its real return increased by a nontransparent policy whereby relative commodity prices are altered if there are enough commodities and joint production is not too severe.

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  • Ronald W. Jones, 2018. "“Protection and Real Wages”: The History of an Idea," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: International Trade Theory and Competitive Models Features, Values, and Criticisms, chapter 6, pages 93-108, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Mitra, Tapan, 2007. "On Commodity Prices and Factor Rewards: A Close Look at Sign Patterns," Working Papers 07-07, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics.
    2. Ronald W. Jones, 2018. "On Blending Competitive Trade Models," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: International Trade Theory and Competitive Models Features, Values, and Criticisms, chapter 19, pages 319-361, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    3. Mukherjee, Soumyatanu & Zafar, Sameen, 2014. "Technological progress with segmented factor markets and welfare implications for the urban poor," MPRA Paper 55297, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Gokhan Akay & Can Dogan, 2013. "The effect of labor supply changes on output: empirical evidence from US industries," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 39(2), pages 123-130, April.
    5. Mukherjee, Soumyatanu, 2016. "Technology, trade and ‘urban poor’ in a general equilibrium model with segmented domestic factor markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 400-416.

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    Keywords

    International Trade Theory; Models; Competitive Markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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