Trade Liberalisation and Labor Markets in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence

Jorge Arbache

Studies in Economics from School of Economics, University of Kent

Abstract: This paper presents a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased wage inequality in several developing countries.

Keywords: trade liberalization; technology; wages; employment; income distribution; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D33 F16 J3 J6 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-06
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