Download This PaperThe Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality
Queen Mary & Westfield College Working Paper No. 405
14 Pages Posted: 2 Nov 1999
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The Trade and Labour Approaches to Wage Inequality
Date Written: July 1999
Abstract
We compare the trade and labour approaches to wage inequality. We first look at the theoretical differences, stressing the different roles ascribed to sector and factor bias, labour supply and the theory of technical change in trade models with endogenous prices. We then briefly review some of the evidence on the sector bias of prices and technology.
JEL Classification: F16, J31, O33
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