The Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality

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The Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality

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Jonathan E. Haskel () (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

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We compare the trade and labour approaches to wage inequality. We first look at the theoretical differences, stressing the different roles ascribed to sector and factor bias, labour supply and the theory of technical change in trade models with endogenous prices. We then briefly review some of the evidence on the sector bias of prices and technology.

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Paper provided by Queen Mary, University of London, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 405.

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- Haskel, Jonathan, 2000. "The Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers 2476, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Find related papers by JEL classification:
F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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NEP-ALL-1999-09-01 (All new papers)
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NEP-LAB-1999-09-01 (Labour Economics)
NEP-PKE-1999-09-01 (Post Keynesian Economics)

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