This paper constructs a dynamic specific factors model to examine the impact of the economic reunification of North and South Korea. We focus on changes in real wages and output as a result of several kinds of reunification and/or reform. We are interested in the differential impacts on wages of...

Economists have long investigated the cyclical behavior of real wages in order to draw inferences regarding the relative stickiness of prices and wages. Recent studies have adopted techniques intended to identify monetary shocks and examined the response of real wages and output or employment to...

This paper constructs a multi-sector dynamic general equilibrium model for a trading economy. We incorporate three major factors of production: capital, skilled labor & unskilled labor. We solve and calibrate the model using data from Korea. We then consider changes to immigration policy. We are...