Overview

The impact of increased levels of international trade on domestic labour markets is a key issue for policy makers in both developed and less developed countries. This book considers the most important current issues in this area in the context of models which examine the relationship between trade and employment. It is divided into three parts. The first deals with unemployment, decay and the Dutch Disease'; the second with structural adjustment, urban unemployment and protectionism; the last offers some variations on models of unemployment. In parts one and two the important insights are that minimum wages may cause decay rather than growth and that disaggregation of non-traded goods between urban and rural regions is of critical importance in structural adjustment, protectionism and the real exchange rate. In part three, segmented labour market theory is used to explain urban and disguised unemployment and the importancef of proper agricultural policies for rural development is emphasised.

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Author:   Bharat Hazari (City University of Hong Kong, China) ,  Pasquale Sgro (Deakin University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415022774

ISBN 10:   0415022770
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   27 August 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Uniform Real Minimum Wage Rates, Unemployment, Decay and Dutch Disease 1. A Two-Sector Model of a Closed Economy 2. Uniform Real Minimum Wage Rate, Unemployment, Growth and Decay 3. Booming Sector and the Dutch Disease with Unemployment Part II: Generalized Harris-Todaro Model, Structural Adjustment and Unemployment 4. Urban-Rural Structural Adjustment, Urban Unemployment with Traded and Non-Traded Goods 5. Protectionism and Industrialization in a Harris-Todaro Model with Non-Traded Goods 6. Tariffs, Terms of Trade, Unemployment and the Real Exchange Rate Part III: Further Variations on Models of Unemployment 7. Disguised Urban Unemployment and Welfare in a General Equilibrium Model with Segmented Labour Markets 8. Transfers, Structural Change, Welfare and Unemployment in a North-South Framework 9. Notes on Industrialization and Unemployment with Increasing Returns to Scale and Minimum Wages

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`... a valuable book for researchers in formal trade and development issues.' - The Economic Journal

Author Information

Bharat R. Hazari is the author of five books including International Trade: Theoretical Issues (Routledge, 1986). He has published in international journals including Review of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Development Economics, and The Journal of Regional Science., Pasquale M. Sgro is the author of three books. He has also published articles in journals including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Southern Economic Journal, and Keio Economic Studies

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