Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/76274
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 911
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We develop a new framework for the analysis of the impact of trade liberalization on the wage structure. Our model focuses on the decision of workers to accumulate firm-specific skills, by “on-the-job” training, knowing that this means their future wages will have to be negotiated, and that the outcome of negotiation will depend on the profitability prospect of firms operating in a new trading environment. We show that trade liberalization may reduce the welfare of a developing country because of its adverse effect on skill accumulation. We also explore the effects of trade liberalization on the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers.
Subjects: 
wage gap
human capital
trade liberalization
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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