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Trade and the distribution of human capital

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dc.creator Bougheas, Spiros P.
dc.creator Riezman, Raymond
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:02:01Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:02:01Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18939
dc.identifier ppn:500446830
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18939
dc.description We develop a two-country, two-sector model of trade where the only difference between the two countries is their distribution of human capital endowments. We show that even if the two countries have identical aggregate human capital endowments the pattern of trade depends on the properties of the two human capital distributions. We also show that the two distributions of endowments also completely determine the effects of trade on income inequality. Then, we prove that there are long-term gains from trade if the marginal utility of income is constant or as long as losers from trade are compensated by winners. Finally, we look at a simple majority voting model. It turns out depending on the distribution of human capital, autarky and free trade with and without compensation may be the outcome of majority voting.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1475
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F1
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject patterns of trade
dc.subject income distribution
dc.subject welfare
dc.subject political economy
dc.subject Außenwirtschaftstheorie
dc.subject Humankapital
dc.subject Zwei-Länder-Modell
dc.subject Mehr-Sektoren-Modell
dc.subject Wohlfahrtseffekt
dc.subject Einkommensverteilung
dc.subject Außenwirtschaftspolitik
dc.subject Public Choice
dc.title Trade and the distribution of human capital
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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