Skilled Worker Migration and Trade : Inequality and Welfare

We develop a two-sector, two-country model where trade is driven by technological differences. Each country is populated by large number of heterogeneous workers distinguished by their level of skills. Given that one country has a technological advantage in the skilled intensive good when we allow for both trade and migration skilled workers migrate to that country. We analyze the consequences of this migration for both inequality and welfare for the source and the host country

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Bougheas, Spiros
Other Persons:	Nelson, Douglas (contributor)
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Wohlfahrtsanalyse \| Welfare analysis \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Zwei-Länder-Modell \| Two-country model \| Brain Drain \| Brain drain \| Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz \| Economic convergence \| Mehrsektoren-Modell \| Multisectoral model \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (20 p)
Series:	CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 3282
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 23, 2010 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1730083 [DOI]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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