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International Trade, Wage Inequality and the Developing Economy
Marjit, Sugata; Acharyya, Rajat
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Description for International Trade, Wage Inequality and the Developing Economy
paperback. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 630.
This book deals with the impact that international trade is likely to have on the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a typical developing economy. This is the first theoretical monograph on this particular issue which has already generated substantial debate and voluminous work for the developed countries. A unique feature of this work is that it tries to explain the possibility of rising inequality across trading nations and looks at the segmented labour markets of the poor economies. It makes convincing arguments that the standard general equilibrium models, the main workhorse of trade theory, can be given a creative facelift to ... Read more
This book deals with the impact that international trade is likely to have on the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a typical developing economy. This is the first theoretical monograph on this particular issue which has already generated substantial debate and voluminous work for the developed countries. A unique feature of this work is that it tries to explain the possibility of rising inequality across trading nations and looks at the segmented labour markets of the poor economies. It makes convincing arguments that the standard general equilibrium models, the main workhorse of trade theory, can be given a creative facelift to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Economics
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790800319
SKU
V9783790800319
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for International Trade, Wage Inequality and the Developing Economy
From the reviews: "The book … explores the analytical borders of the standard trade model and shows how various modifications, motivated by a developing country (DC) perspective, can indeed reconcile the theory with the presumed facts. … I find the book by Marjit and Acharyya to be a very helpful contribution to the literature … ... Read more