Downsizing, wage inequality and welfare in a developing economy
This paper focuses on the cost cutting effects of firm downsizing in a developing economy. Using a dualistic production structure to depict a developing economy, the impacts of downsizing on wage inequality and social welfare are examined. Downsizing is revealed to not only narrow the wage gap between skilled and unskilled labor but also to raise the level of manufactured output and reduce the unemployment ratio in the urban sector. These effects improve the social welfare of the economy.
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2010
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Authors: | Beladi, Hamid ; Chao, Chi-Chur |
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Research in Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 1090-9443. - Vol. 64.2010, 4, p. 224-228
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Downsizing Wage inequality Unemployment |
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