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Globalisation and the Labour Market: Trade, Technology and Less Skilled Workers in Europe and the United States book cover

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Globalisation and the Labour Market Trade, Technology and Less Skilled Workers in Europe and the United States

Edited By Robert Anderton, Paul Brenton, John Whalley Copyright 2006
200 Pages
by Routledge

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by Routledge

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Incorporating new empirical data and using a wide variety of methods such as econometrics, general equilibrium and case studies, this detailed volume provides a thorough investigation into the causes of the deterioration in the relative economic fortunes of less-skilled workers across various countries, with a focus on the role of globalization. It reveals how in the past thirty years, the... Read more

Foreward by David Greenaway   Notes on the Contributors  1. Globalisation and the Labour Market  2. Inequality, Trade and Defensive Innovation in the USA  3. The Impact of Increased Openness on Job Creation and Job Destruction in Portugal  4. International Trade and the Income Position of Low-Skilled Workers in the European Union  5. Using Structural Models in Trade-Technology Wage Inequality Decompositions  6. Adjustment to Globalisation: A Study of the Footwear Industry in Europe  7. International Trade in Intermediate Inputs: the Case of the Automobile Industry  8. Outsourcing, Outward Processing and Output Quality: A Case-Study from the Ceramic Tableware Industry  9. Adjusting to Globalisation: Policy Responses in Europe and the USA   Bibliography

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