International trade and the position of European low-skilled labour

Marion Jansen

No ERAD-2000-01, WTO Staff Working Papers from World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division

Abstract: This paper presents a discussion of the potential channels through which international trade affects the position of low skilled workers in the European Union. After an analysis of the European Union's trade flows showing the predominant role of intra-industry trade with other industrialised countries, the discussion focuses on the potential effects of intra-industry trade on low skilled labour. Particular attention is paid to possible interactions between trade and technological change and to the possible effects of trade on the price elasticity of labour. The paper also discusses how trade may affect incentives to invest in skills and thus a country's potential to alter the skill structure of its working force.

Keywords: Intra-industry trade; skill inequalities; investment in skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.30875/38368f90-en

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