Matching and Inequality in the World Economy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Costinot, Arnaud; Vogel, Jonathan
• 署名单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-3808
• DOI: 10.1086/655858
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 747-786
• 关键词: comparative advantage; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; firm heterogeneity; wage inequality; assignment; MODEL; GLOBALIZATION; skills

摘要

This paper develops tools and techniques to analyze the determinants of factor allocation and factor prices in economies with a large number of goods and factors. The main results of our paper characterize sufficient conditions for robust monotone comparative statics predictions in a Roy-like assignment model. These general results are then used to generate new insights about the consequences of globalization.