Artikel

Labour market reforms in a globalised world

In the traditional model of international trade, labour market reforms in one country are often viewed as beggar-thy-neighbour policies, because they negatively affect the competitiveness and employment levels of the country's trading partners. Empirical evidence, however, suggests that this is not the case. By addressing labour market reforms in the context of intra-industry trade, this article explains how such reforms, while boosting employment, ultimately reduce a country's terms of trade, thereby benefitting the country's trading partners. The authors call for more international policy coordination to achieve optimal outcomes.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Intereconomics ; ISSN: 1613-964X ; Volume: 47 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 5 ; Pages: 307-312 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Internationaler Wettbewerb
Terms of Trade
Intraindustrieller Handel
Zwei-Länder-Modell
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Felbermayr, Gabriel
Larch, Mario
Lechthaler, Wolfgang
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Springer
(where)
Heidelberg
(when)
2012

DOI
doi:10.1007/s10272-012-0433-8
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  • Artikel

Associated

  • Felbermayr, Gabriel
  • Larch, Mario
  • Lechthaler, Wolfgang
  • Springer

Time of origin

  • 2012

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