Q1 Suppose that the wage ratio of skilled labor v.s. unskilled labor, wH/wL, is lower at home than at the foreign country and that production involves four stages/tasks, namely, R&D, marketing, components, and assembly ordered from the most skill intensive to the least skill intensive. Now consider a decrease in trade costs for shipping components and final goods between the two countries. Use a relative skilled-labor demand- and supply-curve graph to show the effect of lower trade costs on home country’s wH/w Use another relative skilled-labor demand- and supply-curve graph to show the effect of lower trade costs on foreign country’s wH/w

Q1 Suppose that the wage ratio of skilled labor v.s. unskilled labor, wH/wL, is lower at home than at the foreign country and that production involves four stages/tasks, namely, R&D, marketing, components, and assembly ordered from the most skill intensive to the least skill intensive. Now consider a decrease in trade costs for shipping components and final goods between the two countries. Use a relative skilled-labor demand- and supply-curve graph to show the effect of lower trade costs on home country’s wH/w Use another relative skilled-labor demand- and supply-curve graph to show the effect of lower trade costs on foreign country’s wH/w

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter6: Managing In The Global Economy

Section: Chapter Questions

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