Trade Liberalization and Unemployment /
This paper examines the effect of trade reform on wages and unemployment in a two-sector, three-good economy in which labor is imperfectly mobile across sectors. Wages in the export sector are set so as to minimize turnover costs. The analysis shows that a reduction in tariffs, coupled with an adjus...
| Main Author: | Agenor, Pierre-Richard |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Aizenman, Joshua |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1995.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1995/020 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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