Trade, Wage Gaps, and Specific Human Capital Accumulation*

Ngo Long, Raymond Riezman and Antoine Soubeyran

Review of International Economics, 2007, vol. 15, issue 1, 75-92

Abstract: We develop a new framework for the analysis of the impact of trade liberalization on the wage structure and on welfare. Our model focuses on the decision of workers to accumulate firm‐specific skills, by “on‐the‐job” training, knowing that this means their future wages will have to be negotiated, and that the outcome of negotiation will depend on the profitability prospect of firms operating in a new trading environment. We show that trade liberalization may reduce the welfare of a developing country because of its adverse effect on skill accumulation. We also explore the effects of trade liberalization on the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers.

Date: 2007
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