Globalization and labor market outcomes: Wage bargaining, search frictions, and firm heterogeneity

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-73

  Felbermayr, Gabriel ^a,b   Prat, Julien ^c   Schmerer, Hans Jörg ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Barcelona)   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm heterogeneity; Search model; Trade liberalization; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751581605     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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