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A Dual Policy Paradox: Why Have Trade and Immigration Policies Always Differed in Labour-Scarce Economies?
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Today's labour-scarce economies have open trade and closed immigration policies, while a century ago they had just the opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this...
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What Determines Immigrations' Impact? Comparing Two Global Centuries
Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper asks whether history can shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labour market impact in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656429
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The Heckscher-Ohlin Model Between 1400 and 2000: When It Explained Factor Price Convergence, When It Did Not, and Why
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
There are two contrasting views of pre-19th century trade and globalization. First there are the world history scholars … important events in recorded history. Second, there is the view that the world economy was still fragmented before the 19th …
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