The Impact of Tradeon Wages : What If Countries Are Not Small? /

This paper explores the effect of trade on the relative wage of less-skilled labor through its effect on world prices, which are typically exogenously given under the small open economy assumption. Using the 1995 international input-output data for APEC member countries, we numerically simulate a ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tokutsu, Ichiro
Other Authors: Saito, Mika
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/155
Online Access:Full text available on IMF