— This paper focuses on the question of whether labor standards can affect comparative advantage in unskilled-labor-intensive goods in developing countries, and thereby influence trade flows. Using a Heckscher–Ohlin framework, the effects of low labor standards depend on the type of standard: Forced and child labor lead to an increase in the endowment of unskilled labor, and hence improve compa...

Purpose Research based on Bangladesh–US trade data examines the Heckscher–Ohlin model and Rybczynski hypothesis in this study. Design/methodology/approach Ordinary least square (OLS) techniques are used study, which relies from NBER International Trade Geography Data UN Comtrade Database for years 2018 2008. Findings The research shows that between United States Bangladesh follows Rybcyzinski's...

Environmental regulation is an effective tool to control environmental problems caused by foreign trade. Research conclusions are inconsistent on the relationship between regulations and exports. Based Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model, this paper provides empirical analysis for examination effect of manufacturing exports, adopting panel data 16 sectors from China’s during 2005-2015. Material capital...

Most existing evidences for indeterminacy are obtained from analyzing models that do not consider trade. This paper considers an extension of Nishimura and Shimomura (Journal of Economic Theory, 2002) Heckscher-Ohlin framework by removing sector-specific externalities in one country while maintaining all other assumptions previously made by the authors. We show that even though indeterminacy ar...

World-wide cross-country regressions are used to examine South Asia’ s export structure through the lens of Heckscher± Ohlin trade theory. By comparison with other regions, South Asia’s exports are unusually concentrated on labour-intensive manufactures. This distinctive export structure is shown to be the result mainly of South Asia’s distinctive combination of resources: by comparison with ot...

The theoretical insights of Heckscher and Ohlin, Feenstra and Hanson, and Tang and Wood between them provide a plausible explanation of the varied effects of globalisation on wage inequalities in developed and developing countries. In combination, these three theories can explain, among other things, why inequality has fallen in some developing countries but risen in others. Improved travel and...

In the debate on globalisation and wage inequality HeckscherOhlin theory has featured prominently. However, a neglected mechanism by which globalisation affects labour market outcomes is through the increased tradability of producer services. By integrating elements of Heckscher-Ohlin theory, the economic geography literature and the literature on producer services linkages, we show that the im...