International Division of Labour and Intra-Trade

Broll, Udo and Gilroy, Bernard Michael (1985): International Division of Labour and Intra-Trade.

Abstract

The study suggests : an increase in the international division of labour according to the intra-trade scenario does not imply that nations have to negatively compete for high export quotas, rather their international interdependenee is highly beneficial for both world and domestic economic development. The international division of labour must not thus be a zero-sum game in which one land wins at the expense of another. It is much more the case that additional international transactions occur within industrial sector which lead to a more favourable economic development beneficial to all concerned.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: International labour markets; division of labour; intra-trade
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M5 - Personnel Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining

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