Matching, Sorting, and the Distributional Effects of International Trade

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan; Kircher, Philipp
• 署名单位: Princeton University; Harvard University; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); European University Institute; University of Edinburgh
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/689608
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 224-264
• 关键词: wage inequality; long-run; equilibrium; ECONOMY; income; Heterogeneity; mobility; TARIFFS; MODEL

摘要

We study the distributional consequences of trade in a world with two industries and two heterogeneous factors of production. Productivity in each production unit reflects the ability of the manager and the abilities of the workers, with complementarity between the two. We begin by examining the forces that govern the sorting of worker and manager types to industries and the matching of workers and managers within industries. We then consider how changes in relative output prices generated by changes in the trading environment affect sorting, matching, and the distributions of wages and salaries.