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| Title: | | Defensive Innovations  |
| Authors: | | Koeniger, Winfried |
| Issue Date: | | 2002 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 454 |
| Abstract: | | Defensive innovations in developed countries can explain the empirical phenomenon that openness towards trade with less-developed countries does not necessarily induce a substantial increase in the wage differential and trade volumes. Building on step-by-step innovations as introduced by Aghion et al. (2001), we show that defensive innovations can result from private incentives. In particular, minimum wages can induce defensive innovations which then redistribute income away from workers. Suggestive empirical evidence is consistent with the implications of defensive innovations for wage differentials, trade volumes and the sectorial composition within and across OECD countries. |
| Subjects: | | Step-by-step innovations openness minimum wage |
| JEL: | | F1 F4 O3 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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