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What Drove Relative Wages in France? Structural Decomposition Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework, 1970–92

In: Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment

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  • Sébastien Jean

    (Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII))

  • Olivier Bontout

    (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)

Abstract

Various causes have been invoked to explain the recent evolutions of skilled to unskilled relative wages in industrialised countries. The five most important ones are probably: changes in factor supplies, modifications of consumption patterns, institutional changes, technical change and international trade. In spite of the abundant literature on the subject, it remains difficult to know the precise contribution of each of these determinants.

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  • Sébastien Jean & Olivier Bontout, 2002. "What Drove Relative Wages in France? Structural Decomposition Analysis in a General Equilibrium Framework, 1970–92," International Economic Association Series, in: David Greenaway & Richard Upward & Katharine Wakelin (ed.), Trade, Investment, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment, chapter 7, pages 115-136, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-4039-2018-8_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9781403920188_7
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    1. Jean, Sébastien & Mulder, Nanno & Ramos, María Priscila, 2014. "A general equilibrium, ex-post evaluation of the EU–Chile Free Trade Agreement," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 33-45.

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    Keywords

    Technical Change; Trade Intensity; Skilled Labour; Unskilled Worker; Wage Inequality;
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    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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