Sticky Feet: How Labor Market Frictions Shape the Impact of International Trade on Jobs and Wages (Directions in Development - Trade)

by Daniel Lederman (Author), Daniel Lederman (Author), Diego Rojas (Author), Claire H. Hollweg (Author), Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer (Author)

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  Paperback
  2014

  $32.56

  This report quantifies labour mobility costs in developing countries and simulates the implied adjustment paths of employment and wages following a change in trade policy. High mobility costs are shown to reduce the potential gains to trade reform.