Trade and industrial location with heterogeneous labor

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Amiti, M; Pissarides, CA
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; International Monetary Fund
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.09.010
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 392-412
• 关键词: agglomeration; matching; spatial mismatch; inter-regional trade

摘要

It is shown in the context of a new economic geography model that when labor is heterogeneous trade liberalization may lead to industrial agglomeration and inter-regional trade. Labor heterogeneity gives local monopsony power to firms but also introduces variations in the quality of the job match. Matches are likely to be better when there are more firms and workers in the local market, giving rise to an agglomeration force which can offset the forces against, trade costs and the erosion of monopsony power. A robust agglomeration equilibrium is derived analytically and its properties illustrated with numerical simulations. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.