employment growth and of size and job reallocation. Finally, we establish that strong foreign trade links force firms to shed … labour more aggressively and to engage in more restructuring when trade is directed to and originating from Western economies …. This disciplining function is absent when the trade flows are confined to CIS countries. …

of trade flows on employment adjustment in manufacturing. Our results show that both employment growth and job … competition in export markets. These effects are more pronounced when we consider trade flows to the world at large and to the EU … than when the analysis is based on trade flows to the CIS. …

of trade flows on employment adjustment in manufacturing. Our results show that both employment growth and job … competition in export markets. These effects are more pronounced when we consider trade flows to the world at large and to the EU … than when the analysis is based on trade flows to the CIS. JEL Classifications: E24, F14, J63, P23. …