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dc.contributor.authorde Pinto, Marcoen
dc.contributor.authorMichaelis, Jochenen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-20-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-04T13:49:55Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-04T13:49:55Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56508-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes how trade liberalization influences the unemployment rate of workers with different abilities. We refine the Melitz (2003) framework to account for trade unions and heterogeneous workers, who differ with respect to their abilities. Our main findings are: (i) highability workers profit from trade liberalization in terms of higher wages and higher employment; (ii) the least efficient workers loose their job and switch to long-term unemployment (worker-selection effect); (iii) if a country is endowed with a large fraction of low-skilled workers, trade liberalization leads to a rise in aggregate unemployment. In this case, trade liberalization may harm a country's welfare.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aPhilipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics |cMarburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aMAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics |x27-2011en
dc.subject.jelF1en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.jelJ5en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtrade liberalizationen
dc.subject.keywordtrade unionsen
dc.subject.keywordskill-specific unemploymenten
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsliberalisierungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwPersonalauswahlen
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleInternational trade and unemployment: The worker-selection effect-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn664486959en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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