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Robertson, Raymond - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 61-80

North American economic integration has had potentially positive implications for Mexican workers, and the perceived competition between Mexican and U.S. workers may not be as accurate as popularly believed. However, the net gains from integration may overshadow important losses for many...

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Comparative and absolute advantage in the Asia-Pacific region

Golub, Stephen S. - Center for Pacific Basin Monetary and Economic Studies, … - 1995

examine the trends and relationships between productivity and labor compensation in aggregate manufacturing. Wages and …

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Impact of Chinese growth and trade on labor in developed countries

Mirza, Tasneem; Narayanan, Badri; van Leeuwen, Nico - In: Economic Modelling 38 (2014) C, pp. 522-532

the real wages of unskilled labor and a rise in the real wages of skilled labor. Interestingly, not all categories of … small decline in real wages, while the impact on unskilled ‘clerks’ is insignificant. For all categories of skilled workers …, there is an increase in real wages primarily driven by the shift in production to services and high-skilled labor intensive …

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Inequality and schooling responses to globalization forces: lessons from history

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 225-248

Given the intensity of the current debate about the impact of globalization on brain drain in the Third World and inequality in the First World, it might be useful to look at these forces during the first global century, ending in 1914. This paper reviews what we know about the impact of trade...

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Migration, trade, capital, and development: substitutes, complements, and policies

Ranis, Gustav - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 285-294

The economic migration of people has lagged substantially behind that of capital and trade. That's largely because barriers to the movement of people remain high. Pressures for enhanced migration are rising, certainly in the less-developed origin (O) countries but also in some quarters of the...

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Immigrant links to the home country: implications for trade, welfare and factor rewards

Gould, David M. - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - 1992

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Trade, migration, and economic development: the risks and rewards of openness

Hollifield, James F. - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 249-284

This paper argues that openness to migration is heavily dependent upon (1) ideational and institutional factors, especially the willingness of states to guarantee a minimum basket of rights for migrants; (2) domestic political coalitions and alignments that are driven in part by factor...

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Commentary on session I: The migration, trade, and development nexus

Hughes, Kent H. - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 81-88

Summary and discussion of the three papers in this session: "The trade, migration, and development nexus" by Philip L. Martin; "External and internal determinants of development" by Thomas Osang; and "Globalization and Mexican labor markets" by Raymond Robertson.

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The trade, migration, and development nexus

Martin, Philip L. - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 11-34

This paper deals with migrants' role in stimulating development in their countries of origin, outlining the three major channels through which migration can affect development: recruitment, remittances, and returns. It next turns to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), assessing the...

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Commentary on session IV: The historical relationship between migration, trade, and development

Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Proceedings (2006), pp. 295-299

Commentary on the three papers in this session: "Inequality and schooling responses to globalization forces: lessons from history" by Jeffrey G. Williamson; "Trade, migration, and economic development: the risks and rewards of openness" by James F. Hollifield; and "Migration, trade, capital, and...

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