Sticky Feet: How Labor Market Frictions Shape the Impact of International Trade on Jobs and Wages (Directions in Development - Trade)

by Claire H. Hollweg, Daniel Lederman, Diego Rojas, and Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer

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This report quantifies labor mobility costs in developing countries and simulates the implied adjustment paths of employment and wages following a change in trade policy. High mobility costs are shown to reduce the potential gains to trade reform.
  • ISBN13 9781464802638
  • Publish Date 30 June 2014 (first published 1 June 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint World Bank Publications
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 112
  • Language English