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Trade Adjustment and Occupational Mobility

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It is widely agreed that there has been a dramatic shift in demand away from unskilled towards skilled workers in many OECD countries.1 This has manifested itself both in deteriorating employment prospects and worsening wage outcomes for low-skilled workers.

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Upward, R., Wright, P. (2008). Trade Adjustment and Occupational Mobility. In: Greenaway, D., Upward, R., Wright, P. (eds) Globalisation and Labour Market Adjustment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582385_7

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