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Labor Markets and Kaleidoscopic Comparative Advantage

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  • Daniel A. Traça

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This paper addresses the labor market implications of an increase in openness and foreign competition. It develops a model where industry-specific productivity shocks create uncertainty, producing an environment of kaleidoscopic comparative advantage (Bhagwati, 1998). The key assumption is that risk markets are imperfect, as wage-contracts are subject to uninsurable bankruptcy risk. In this context, the paper analyzes the consequences for wage levels, wage volatility, job-instability and income distribution, of the openness of previously non-traded industries to the forces of international trade and foreign competition.

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  • Daniel A. Traça, 2000. "Labor Markets and Kaleidoscopic Comparative Advantage," Working Papers w200004, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
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    2. Don J. Webber & Michael Horswell, 2009. "Winners and Losers: Spatial variations in labour productivity in England and Wales," Working Papers 0912, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol.

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    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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