Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88766 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1886
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We develop a dynamic general equilibrium trade model with comparative advantage, heterogeneous firms, heterogeneous workers and endogenous firm entry to study wage inequality during the adjustment after trade liberalization. We find that trade liberalization increases wage inequality both in the short run and in the long run. In the short run, wage inequality is mainly driven by an increase in inter-sectoral wage inequality, while in the medium to long run, wage inequality is driven by an increase in the skill premium. Incorporating worker training in the model considerably reduces the effects of trade liberalization on wage inequality. The effects on wage inequality are much more adverse when trade liberalization is unilateral instead of bilateral or restricted to specific sectors instead of including all sectors.
Subjects: 
trade liberalization
wage inequality
adjustment dynamics
JEL: 
E24
F11
F16
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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