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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Labor Market Competitiveness and Poverty
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| Autores: |
Goto, Hideaki
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| Data: |
2008-09-28
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Inequality
Labor productivity
Market competitiveness
Poverty
Food Security and Poverty
International Development
Political Economy
D6
I32
J2
J64
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| Resumo: |
How does labor market competitiveness frame the impact of greater labor productivity and lower inequality on poverty? Specifically, does greater competitiveness increase the impact of higher labor productivity and lower inequality on poverty reduction? In a simple model, we show that there is complementarity between competitiveness and productivity – the greater is one, the larger is the impact of the other. This suggests that improving labor market competitiveness is worthwhile not only for its own sake, but because it improves the transmission mechanism from productivity increases to poverty reduction. We also derive precise conditions under which there is a similar complementarity between equality and competitiveness in poverty reduction.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51159
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| Relação: |
Cornell University>Department of Applied Economics and Management>Working Papers
Working Paper
WP 2008-20
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| Formato: |
19
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