Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages / / Claire H. Hollweg, Daniel Lederman, Diego Rojas, Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer |
Autore | Hollweg Claire H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 331.12 |
Collana | Directions in Development |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles - Developing countries
Labor market - Developing countries Labor mobility - Developing countries Wages - Developing countries |
ISBN | 1-4648-0264-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Linking Trade Reforms and Labor Outcomes; Two Cost Metrics: Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment; Analytical Tools; Main Findings; Policy Implications; Note; References; Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview; Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment Costs Defined; Box 1.1 Estimating Labor Mobility and Adjustment Costs Using a Structural Choice Model; Measurement Challenges; Box; Table 1.1 Analytical Tools for Estimating Labor Mobility and Adjustment Costs; Tables; Scope of the Report; References
Chapter 2 Workers' Sticky Feet, Not Rusty Firms: Evidence from the Literature Abstract; Figure 2.1 Marginal Responses of Average Employment to Aggregate Shocks Are Significant; Figure 2.2 Firm Labor Adjustment Costs Are Lower in Developing Countries; Figures; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Mapping Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment Costs around the World; Abstract; Labor Mobility Costs around the World; Figure 3.1 A Graphic Representation of Labor Mobility Costs; Table 3.1 Average Labor Mobility Costs in Developing and Developed Countries; Correlates of Labor Mobility Costs Map 3.1 Average Labor Mobility Costs Figure 3.2 Labor Mobility Costs Are Correlated with Country Characteristics; Map; Mobility Costs in Action: Simulations of Adjustment Dynamics; Figure 3.3 Average Real Wages Tend to Recover after Trade Liberalization but Take Time to Return to Steady State; Labor Adjustment Costs: How Much Are Workers Losing Out?; Figure 3.4 Forgone Gains from Trade Rise with Mobility Costs; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Mobility Costs, Adjustment Costs, and Employment Structure in Developing Economies: Four Case Studies; Abstract Firm Costs versus Worker Costs: The Case of Argentina Figure 4.1 Argentina's Sluggish Economic Responses under Costly Capital and Labor Adjustment; Table 4.1 Firm Behavior with and without Capital Adjustment Costs: Firms Adjust Capital by More, and More Quickly without Adjustment Costs, but Not Labor; Labor Mobility Costs across Industries: The Case of Mexico; Table 4.2 Gross Flows of Formal Sector Workers across Industries Are Similar in the United States and Mexico; Table 4.3 Labor Mobility Costs Are Higher in Mexico than the United States Table 4.4 Labor Mobility Costs in Mexico: Do Skills Play a Role?Role of Informal Employment: The Cases of Brazil, Mexico, and Morocco; Table 4.5 Informality as an Entry Point into Employment: Worker Transitions in Morocco, Mexico, and Brazil; Table 4.6 Stepping-Stone Sectors to Formality: Labor Mobility Cost Estimates for Morocco, Mexico, and Brazil; Figure 4.2 Informal Employment Increases after a Positive Trade Shock because Previously Inactive Workers Enter the Labor Force; Role of Firm Size: The Cases of Costa Rica and Morocco Figure 4.3 Does Firm Size Affect Labor Mobility Costs in Costa Rica and Morocco? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786667503321 |
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Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2014] | ||
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Sticky feet : how labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages / / Claire H. Hollweg, Daniel Lederman, Diego Rojas, Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer |
Autore | Hollweg Claire H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 331.12 |
Collana | Directions in Development |
Soggetto topico |
Business cycles - Developing countries
Labor market - Developing countries Labor mobility - Developing countries Wages - Developing countries |
ISBN | 1-4648-0264-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Linking Trade Reforms and Labor Outcomes; Two Cost Metrics: Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment; Analytical Tools; Main Findings; Policy Implications; Note; References; Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview; Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment Costs Defined; Box 1.1 Estimating Labor Mobility and Adjustment Costs Using a Structural Choice Model; Measurement Challenges; Box; Table 1.1 Analytical Tools for Estimating Labor Mobility and Adjustment Costs; Tables; Scope of the Report; References
Chapter 2 Workers' Sticky Feet, Not Rusty Firms: Evidence from the Literature Abstract; Figure 2.1 Marginal Responses of Average Employment to Aggregate Shocks Are Significant; Figure 2.2 Firm Labor Adjustment Costs Are Lower in Developing Countries; Figures; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Mapping Labor Mobility and Labor Adjustment Costs around the World; Abstract; Labor Mobility Costs around the World; Figure 3.1 A Graphic Representation of Labor Mobility Costs; Table 3.1 Average Labor Mobility Costs in Developing and Developed Countries; Correlates of Labor Mobility Costs Map 3.1 Average Labor Mobility Costs Figure 3.2 Labor Mobility Costs Are Correlated with Country Characteristics; Map; Mobility Costs in Action: Simulations of Adjustment Dynamics; Figure 3.3 Average Real Wages Tend to Recover after Trade Liberalization but Take Time to Return to Steady State; Labor Adjustment Costs: How Much Are Workers Losing Out?; Figure 3.4 Forgone Gains from Trade Rise with Mobility Costs; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Mobility Costs, Adjustment Costs, and Employment Structure in Developing Economies: Four Case Studies; Abstract Firm Costs versus Worker Costs: The Case of Argentina Figure 4.1 Argentina's Sluggish Economic Responses under Costly Capital and Labor Adjustment; Table 4.1 Firm Behavior with and without Capital Adjustment Costs: Firms Adjust Capital by More, and More Quickly without Adjustment Costs, but Not Labor; Labor Mobility Costs across Industries: The Case of Mexico; Table 4.2 Gross Flows of Formal Sector Workers across Industries Are Similar in the United States and Mexico; Table 4.3 Labor Mobility Costs Are Higher in Mexico than the United States Table 4.4 Labor Mobility Costs in Mexico: Do Skills Play a Role?Role of Informal Employment: The Cases of Brazil, Mexico, and Morocco; Table 4.5 Informality as an Entry Point into Employment: Worker Transitions in Morocco, Mexico, and Brazil; Table 4.6 Stepping-Stone Sectors to Formality: Labor Mobility Cost Estimates for Morocco, Mexico, and Brazil; Figure 4.2 Informal Employment Increases after a Positive Trade Shock because Previously Inactive Workers Enter the Labor Force; Role of Firm Size: The Cases of Costa Rica and Morocco Figure 4.3 Does Firm Size Affect Labor Mobility Costs in Costa Rica and Morocco? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815238503321 |
Hollweg Claire H
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Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2014] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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