Effects of International Trade and Technological Progress on Wage Inequality in Latin American Countries

Piergiuseppe Morone ()

Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2001, vol. 54, issue 1, pages 31-48

Abstract: This paper deals with the impact of trade and technoiogy on wage dispersion in Latin American countries, and its effects on the distribution of weifare and economic growth. Section i provides a generai introduction describing the framework of the research. The foliowing two sections review the reievant trade and technology iiterature. The fourth section presents some suggestions to deveiop a dynamic modei abie to capture the roie piayed by Information and Communication Technoiogy (ICT) in a Skiil-Biased Technicai Change (SBTC) framework. The final section concludes the work.

Keywords: Giobaiisation; Inequaiity; Information and Communication Technoiogy; Latin America; North-South Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 F10 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001

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