TY  - JOUR
AU  - Helpman,Elhanan
TI  - Labor Market Frictions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, with Implications for Unemployment and Inequality
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 15764
PY  - 2010
Y2  - February 2010
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15764
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15764.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Elhanan Helpman
Department of Economics
Harvard University
1875 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-495-4690
Fax: 617-495-7730
E-Mail: ehelpman@harvard.edu
AB  - Recent research has emphasized firm heterogeneity as a source of comparative advantage. Combining this approach with labor market frictions and worker heterogeneity provides a framework for studying the impact of trade on unemployment and inequality. This paper reviews this approach and reports a number of results from recent studies.
ER  -