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OverviewDue to the ongoing globalisation, freer market operations, and technological change, Australia's labour market has been going through significant structural changes over recent years. As a result, the pay conditions of its skilled and unskilled workers have been rapidly changing with possible increase in wage gap. This study examines how technological change and international trade could affect wage inequality and employment ratio between skilled and unskilled workers at macroeconomic, industry, and firm levels in Australia. Calibrated wage ratios with different factor-biased technological changes have been measured and compared with observed skilledunskilled wage ratio at macro level. Factor content of trade and existence of Stolper- Samuelson effects have been examined to find the trade effects in manufacturing industries. Intra-industry trade indexes have been calculated and used to find the relationship between Australia's trade patterns with its trading partners of different income status. This sheds lights on the effects of increased trade from low-wage countries on Australian labour market. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wahida YasmeenPublisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9783838357867ISBN 10: 3838357868 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 23 May 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |