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This paper investigates the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on net FDI inflows of member countries using a comprehensive database of PTAs in a panel setting. PTA membership is associated with a positive change in net FDI inflows and FDI gains increase with the market size of PTA...
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Did North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) make Mexican firms more productive? If so, through which channels? This paper addresses these questions by deploying a robust microeconometric approach that disentangles the various channels through which integration with the global markets can...
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We show the existence of an unconditional gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, when key observable characteristics of the enterprises or individuals are taken into account the gender gap disappears. In the case of enterprises, we explain our finding with differences in key characteristics...
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