Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46913 
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1983
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[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1983
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Kiel Working Paper No. 188
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Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The above quotes exemplify quite well the strange world in which we live: on the one hand governments over the last 30 years have generally attempted to enact measures to liberalize international trade (and as a matter of fact the movement of factors of production) so as to be able to profit - in the form of higher employment levels - from a more efficient allocation of resources. On the other hand, in many of the same countries governments (and/or unions) have effected (or supported) measures for domestic labor markets, the impact of which runs counter to the expected gains from a reduction in trade barriers. In other words, while a rapid expansion of international trade may have contributed significantly to creating employment, measures affecting the training, employment, remuneration and/or social security of the working-age population may well have caused jobs or job opportunities to disappear or job-seeking activities to be otherwise structured.
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