International Trade and Unemployment On the Redistribution of Trade Gains When Firms Matter /

• Main Author: de Pinto, Marco. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Physica, 2013.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Economics.; Industrial organization (Economic theory).; International economics.; Labor economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Labor Economics.; International Economics.; Economic Theory.; Industrial Organization.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33236-4

Economic theory and empirical research confirm that the rising international integration caused an increase in aggregate income at least for the industrialized countries, although trade liberalization is no Pareto improvement. In the empirical literature, there is a consensus that the international...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation
• International trade and unemployment - the worker-selection effect
• �Unemployment benefits as redistribution scheme for trade gains- a positive analysis
• �An optimal redistribution scheme for trade gains. � � �.