Trade and Industrial Location with Heterogeneous Labor.

We show in the context of a new economic geography model that when labor is heterogenous trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and interregional trade. Labor heterogeneity gives local monopoly power to firms but also introduces variations in the quality of the job match. Matches...

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Collectivité auteur: International Monetary Fund
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/103
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF