Although economists have long pointed to the aggregate gains from increased economic integration, the popular perception of globalization is much more pessimistic. Workers feel less secure in their jobs and fear wage losses and unemployment. This book explores these issues, and asks whether the concerns are warranted.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2008

ISBN

9780230582385

Topic

Economía

Subtopic

Macroeconomía

Cover
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction and Overview
2 Globalisation and Turnover
3 The Wage and Unemployment Impacts of Trade Adjustment
4 Trade and Rising Wage Inequality: What Can We Learn from a Decade of Computable General Equilibrium Analysis?
5 Unemployment in Models of International Trade
6 Human Capital and Adjustment to Trade
7 Trade Adjustment and Occupational Mobility
8 The Labour Market Implications of Fragmentation and Trade Under Imperfect Competition
9 The Labour Market Impact of International Outsourcing
10 Immigration and Labour Market Adjustment
Index