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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149390703321

Autore

Tokutsu Ichiro

Titolo

The Impact of Tradeon Wages : : What If Countries Are Not Small? / / Ichiro Tokutsu, Mika Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613826480

9781462327607

1462327605

9781452706757

1452706751

9781283514033

1283514036

9781451982992

1451982992

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

SaitoMika

Soggetti

Equilibrium (Economics) - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

Prices - Econometric models

Wages - Econometric models

Empirical Studies of Trade

Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium

Exports and Imports

Imports

Income economics

International economics

International Trade Organizations

International trade

Labor market

Labor

Labour

Neoclassical Models of Trade

Occupational Licensing

Professional Labor Markets

Public finance & taxation

Skilled labor

Tariff

Tariffs



Taxation

Taxes

Trade and Labor Market Interactions

Trade Policy

Trade: General

Wage Differentials

Wage gap

Wage Level and Structure

Wages

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

income economics

United States

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.