International trade and unemployment: Theory and cross-national evidence

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-44

  Dutt, Pushan ^a   Mitra, Devashish ^a,b   Ranjan, Priya ^c  

^a INSEAD ^*  (Germany)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heckscher Ohlin; Ricardian; Search; Trade; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PANEL DATA; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 67349245996     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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