"Most papers included in this book were presented on September 25 and 26, 1995, at a conference and workshop entitled: 'International trade and employment: the European experience' ..."--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Mathias Dewatripont, André Sapir and Khalid Sekkat -- How much has LDC trade affected Western job markets? / Richard Freeman and Ana Revenga -- Relative prices, trade and restructuring in European industry / Damien Neven and Charles Wyplosz -- Labour market effects of trade with LDCs in Europe / Mathias Dewatripont, André Sapir and Khalid Sekkat with the assistance of Giovanni Guazzarotti and Andrea Lamorgese -- Growing world trade: causes and consequences / Paul Krugman -- The labour market effects of international trade: a computable general equilibrium model / Alasdair Smith -- Trade with emerging countries and the labour market: the French case / Olivier Cortes, Sebastien Jean and Jean Pisani-Ferry -- Wage and mobility effects of trade and migration / John P. Haisken-De New and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- Brief history of the social clause in trade policy / Paul Bairoch -- The impact of globalization on employment in Europe / André Sapir.
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This text provides the first studies on the impact of trade with developing countries on the European labour market. It argues that it is not trade with LDCs that is at the heart of Europe's unemployment problem, but the impact of technological change.
Foreign trade and employment-- Europe, Congresses.