This paper is about the impact on (low-skilled) labour. We build a new economic geography model in which two types of labour (low and high-skilled) are distinguished and in which, due to wage rigidies, unemployment may arise. We also introduce two types of transportation costs (for goods and...

Based on a data set for 19 OECD countries for the period 1981 2001, we estimate the impact of FDI on corporate tax rates, where changes in FDI are a measure for changes in capital mobility. So far the literature has been concerned with the related but rather different question as to the...

This paper is about the impact of globalisation on (low-skilled) labour. We build a new economic geography model in which two types of labour (low and high-skilled) are distinguished and in which, due to wage rigidities, unemployment may arise. We also introduce two types of transportation costs...