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Imperfect Labour Contracts and International Trade

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Grossman, G.M.

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Inn an econommy with imperfect labor contracts, differences in the distribution of human capital are an independent source of comparative advantage. I study a world economy with two sectors, one where output is produced by teams and another where individuals can work alone.

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Paper provided by Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs in its series Papers with number 205.

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Date of creation: 1998
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Keywords: INCOME DISTRIBUTION ; INTERNATIONAL MARKET ; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM;

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F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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