The impact of trade reforms on the labour market may transit through many channels. One of these is the effect on labour demand elasticity. No consensus has been established yet in the empirical literature regarding this relationship. This paper decomposes labour into skilled and unskilled...

For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two mighty giants on the region's manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts...

For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two ?mighty giants? on the region?s manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper...

This article sums up the findings of an empirical study into the link between firms’ involvement in international markets – via international trade and direct investment – and employment developments in Belgium. The main novelty of the analysis lies in the use of a microeconomic database...

Despite the burgeoning empirical literature providing evidence of a strong and robust positive correlation between trade and migration, doubts persist as to unobserved factors which may be driving this relationship. This paper re-examines the trade-migration nexus using a panel spanning several...