Globalization and Labor Markets

Interactions between the globalization process and labor market adjustment have been the focus of a major research programme in recent years. This volume contains papers by leading trade analysts on all aspects of these interactions embracing theory, empirical evidence and policy dimensions. Contributors include Alan Deardorff, Ronald Jones, Rod Falvey, John Whalley, Doug Nelson and Lars Lundberg.

E Kwan Choi (Iowa State University) and David Greenaway (University of Nottingham).

Introduction

vii

Evolving Patterns of International Trade

1

(24)

James Proudman

Stephen Redding

Trade and Labor Approaches to Wage Inequality

25

(12)

Jonathan E. Haskel

Trade Liberalization and Technology Choice

37

(11)

Rod Falvey

Geoff Reed

Dynamics of Intraindustry Trade and Labor-Market Adjustment

48

(16)

Marius Brulhart

Marginal Intraindustry Trade and Labor Adjustment

64

(12)

Mary E. Lovely

Douglas R. Nelson

Swedish Multinationals and Competition from High- and Low-Wage Locations

76

(14)

Henrik Braconier

Karolina Ekholm

The Choice of Structural Model in Trade-Wages Decompositions

90

(16)

Lisandro Abrego

John Whalley

Policy Implications of the Trade and Wages Debate

106

(19)

Alan V. Deardorff

Technical Progress, Price Adjustments, and Wages

125

(7)

Ronald W. Jones

The Effect of International Trade on Labor-Demand Elasticities: Intersectoral Matters

132

(13)

Sebastien Jean

Smooth and Sticky Adjustment: A Comparative Analysis of the US and UK

145

(16)

Michelle Haynes

Richard Upward

Peter Wright

Relative Demand for Skills in Swedish Manufacturing Technology or Trade?

161

(23)

Par Hansson

Trade and Wages When the Trade Regime is Determined Endogenously

184

(10)

Robin Naylor

Structural Change, Competition, and Job Turnover in Swedish Manufacturing, 1964-96

194

(17)

Linda Andersson

Ola Gustafsson

Lars Lundberg

Index

211

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