Title of article
Productivitydifferencesandthedynamiceffectsof labor movements
Author/Authors
Paul Klein، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
15
From page
1059
To page
1073
Abstract
Barrierstolabormobilityacrosscountriescoexistwithsubstantialdifferencesinliving
standardslargelyattributabletoproductivitydifferences.Agrowthmodelwith
endogenouslabormovementsisusedtoassesstheeffectsonoutput,capital
accumulationandwelfareofremovingbarrierstolabormobility.Themodelis
parameterizedsothatitisconsistentwithevidenceonhistoricallabormovements,and
is appliedtotwocases:theenlargementoftheEuropeanUnionandthe(hypothetical)
creationofacommonlabormarketintheNorthAmerica.Themainfindingisthatthere
are largeresultinggainsintermsofoutputandwelfare
Keywords
TFPCross-country incomedifferencesLabor mobilityCapital mobility
Journal title
Journal of Monetary Economics
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Journal of Monetary Economics
Record number
846352
Link To Document