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Globalisation and the labour market : trade, technology and less-skilled workers in Europe and the United States / edited by Robert Anderton, Paul Brenton and John Whalley. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xx, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalisation and the labour market / Robert Anderton -- Inequality, trade and defensive innovation in the USA / Robert Anderton and Eva Oscarsson -- The impact of increased openness on job creation and job destruction in Portugal / Ana Rute Cardoso -- International trade and the income position of low-skilled workers in the European Union / Ludo Cuyvers, Michel Dumont and Glenn Rayp -- Using structural models in trade-technology wage inequality decompositions / Lisandro Abrego and John Whalley -- Adjustment to globalisation: a study of the footwear industry in Europe / Paul Brenton, Anna Maria Pinna and Mark Vancauteren -- International trade in intermediate inputs: the case of the automobile industry / Markus Diehl -- Outsourcing, outward processing and output quality: a case-study from the ceramic tableware industry / Valerie Jarvis -- Adjusting to globalisation: policy responses in Europe and the USA / Paul Brenton.



ISBN: 9780415320122 0415320127 (hb)

LCCN: 2005019594

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Foreign trade and employment--Europe.
Foreign trade and employment--United States.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Labor market.

LC Class. No.: HD5710.7 / .G54 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 331.7/98/091821090511