Migration and the skill composition of the labour force: the impact of trade liberalization in LDCs

Lopez, R.; Schiff, M.

Canadian journal of economics. Revue canadienne d'economique 31(2): 318-336

1998


ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4085
PMID: 12321737
Document Number: 398429
"The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the conditions under which trade liberalization in the developing countries is likely to cause an increase or a decrease in out-migration. We also examine the impact of trade liberalization on the skill composition of migration and of the labour force. For this purpose, we explicitly incorporate four additional features in the Heckscher-Ohlin model: heterogeneity of labour skills, international migration, migration costs, and constraints on financing migration." (EXCERPT)

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