Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52123 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5497
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We propose occupational decisions of heterogeneous individuals as an alternative mechanism of explaining the distribution of firm productivities emphasized by empirical studies. Thus, we integrate the frameworks of Melitz (2003), and of Manasse and Turrini (2001) that establish the theoretical base of trade models with heterogeneous firms. Our model is technically much simpler than the Melitz approach while preserving the main results on firm-selection effects due to international market integration. Our approach paves the way for detailed analysis of institutions in a heterogeneous firm model to better understand the link between institutions and an economy's productivity distribution.
Subjects: 
intra-industry trade
heterogeneous productivities
firm selection
occupational choice
JEL: 
F12
F16
J24
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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