1st Edition
Models of Unemployment in Trade and Economic Development
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The impact of increased levels of international trade on domestic labour markets is a key issue for policy makers in both developed and less developed countries. This book considers the most important current issues in this area in the context of models which examine the relationship between trade and employment. It is divided into three parts. The first deals with unemployment, decay and the... Read more
Part I: Uniform Real Minimum Wage Rates, Unemployment, Decay and Dutch Disease 1. A Two-Sector Model of a Closed Economy 2. Uniform Real Minimum Wage Rate, Unemployment, Growth and Decay 3. Booming Sector and the Dutch Disease with Unemployment Part II: Generalized Harris-Todaro Model, Structural Adjustment and Unemployment 4. Urban-Rural Structural Adjustment, Urban Unemployment with Traded and Non-Traded Goods 5. Protectionism and Industrialization in a Harris-Todaro Model with Non-Traded Goods 6. Tariffs, Terms of Trade, Unemployment and the Real Exchange Rate Part III: Further Variations on Models of Unemployment 7. Disguised Urban Unemployment and Welfare in a General Equilibrium Model with Segmented Labour Markets 8. Transfers, Structural Change, Welfare and Unemployment in a North-South Framework 9. Notes on Industrialization and Unemployment with Increasing Returns to Scale and Minimum Wages
Biography
Bharat R. Hazari is the author of five books including International Trade: Theoretical Issues (Routledge, 1986). He has published in international journals including Review of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Development Economics, and The Journal of Regional Science., Pasquale M. Sgro is the author of three books. He has also published articles in journals including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Southern Economic Journal, and Keio Economic Studies
`... a valuable book for researchers in formal trade and development issues.' - The Economic Journal
