Title of article
Emigration and wage inequality
Author/Authors
Sugata Marjit، نويسنده , , Saibal Kar، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
5
From page
141
To page
145
Abstract
We look at the implications of labor emigration from a small open economy on pre-existing wage-gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Unskilled emigration may worsen the wage-gap, whereas skill emigration can reduce wage inequality, although absolute wages increase with emigration
Keywords
Skilled labor , Income share , Wage inequality , emigration
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435714
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