Environmental control, wage inequality and national welfare in a tourism economy
Chi-Chur Chao,
Jean-Pierre Laffargue and
Pasquale Sgro ()
International Review of Economics & Finance, 2012, vol. 22, issue 1, 201-207
Abstract:
This paper examines the effects of stricter environmental regulation on income distribution and welfare for an open economy with inbound tourism. The pollution input is considered as a mobile factor between sectors, and a decrease in it lowers wages of skilled labor in the traded sector but can increase the wages of unskilled labor in the non-traded sector. A stricter policy on environmental controls can narrow wage inequality and increase welfare if the tourism terms-of-trade effect dominates. These results are confirmed by simulations.
Keywords: Environmental control; Wage inequality; Welfare; Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 Q38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2011.10.013
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