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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817458203321

Autore

Saito Mika <1967->

Titolo

The impact of trade on wages : what if countries are not small? / / Mika Saito and Ichiro Tokutsu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, IMF Institute, c2006

ISBN

1-4623-2760-5

1-4527-0675-1

1-283-51403-6

1-4519-8299-2

9786613826480

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/155

Altri autori (Persone)

TokutsuIchiro <1953->

Soggetti

Equilibrium (Economics) - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

Prices - Econometric models

Wages - Econometric models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"June 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Literature Review""; ""III. The Model""; ""IV. Data""; ""V. Empirical Findings""; ""VI. Concluding Remarks""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

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 general equilibrium model to study the effects of abolishing existing tariffs under the assumption that each member country is large enough to affect the prices of goods and services produced in the region. We find that the responsiveness of prices plays an important role in easing a possible adverse effect of trade on relative wages.