Effects of International Trade and Technological Progress on Wage Inequality in Latin American Countries

This paper deals with the impact of trade and technoiogy on wage dispersion in Latin American countries, and its effects on the distribution of weifare and economic growth. Section i provides a generai introduction describing the framework of the research. The foliowing two sections review the reievant trade and technology iiterature. The fourth section presents some suggestions to deveiop a dynamic modei abie to capture the roie piayed by Information and Communication Technoiogy (ICT) in a Skiil-Biased Technicai Change (SBTC) framework. The final section concludes the work.