Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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962911 | Journal of International Economics | 2006 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
We examine the welfare consequences of terms-of-trade risk in a small open economy in which it is costly for workers to move between sectors. Relocation costs lead to partial labor mobility, sectoral wage gaps and income risk exceeding that of an economy in which relocation is costless. Using observed wage differentials and standard values for volatility and preferences, we find that the welfare cost of partial labor mobility alone is unlikely to be very large, even in the absence of self-insurance arrangements. In addition, modest consumption substitution elasticities significantly reduce these welfare costs.
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Authors
Benjamin N. Dennis, Talan B. Ä°Åcan,