Low-Skill Products by High-Skill Workers: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries

In developing countries, trade is increasingly associated with greater returns to high-skilled labor and rising inequality. These empirical patterns are at odds with canonical models of trade in the developing world. What does this mean for the political economy of trade in these countries? We argue...

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Published in:	Comparative political studies Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 1724 - 1759
Main Authors:	Menéndez González, Irene, Owen, Erica, Walter, Stefanie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2023 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Aggregate data Comparative advantage Comparative studies Debates Developing countries Exports Foreign investment Free trade Inequality International trade Investments LDCs Political economy Polls & surveys Production Skilled workers Workers political economy inequality preferences trade distributive effects developing countries
ISSN:	0010-4140, 1552-3829
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