Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9549225 | Economics Letters | 2005 | 5 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Sugata Marjit, Saibal Kar,