Paper #833

Títol:

The skill bias of world trade

Autors:

Paolo Epifani i Gino Gancia

Data:

Novembre 2004

Resum:

Under plausible assumptions about preferences and technology, the model in this paper suggests that the entire volume of world trade matters for wage inequality. Therefore, trade integration, even among identical countries, is likely to increase the skill premium. Further, we argue that empirical evidence of a falling relative price of skill-intensive goods can be reconciled with the fast growth of world trade and that the intersectoral mobility of capital exacerbates the effect of trade on inequality. We provide new empirical evidence in support of our results and a quantitative assessment of the skill bias of world trade.

Paraules clau:

Skill Premium, Scale E.ect, Intra-Industry and Inter-Industry Trade

Codis JEL:

F12, F16

Àrea de Recerca:

Macroeconomia i Economia Internacional

Publicat a:

The Economic Journal, 118, 927-960, July 2008

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