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Trade liberalization and child labor
Zhao, Liqiu; Wang, Fei; Zhao, Zhong - In: China economic review : an international journal 65 (2021), pp. 1-20
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The effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries
Dagdemir, Ozcan; Acaroglu, Hakan - In: Business and Economic Horizons (BEH) 2 (2010) 2, pp. 37-47
This paper inquires the effects of globalization on child labor in developing countries via cross-country analysis by decomposing globalization to its components; foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade. The findings reveal that the relationship between the child labor supply and gross...
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The effect of trade liberalization on inter-industry wage difference in Indonesia's manufacturing sector
Watekhi, Watekhi; Nachrowi, Nachrowi D. - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-12
This study analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on wage inequality through industry wage premiums in Indonesia's manufacturing sector between 2000 and 2015, a period marked by low import tariffs. The study was undertaken by adopting a two-stage estimation approach. Using the national...
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Trade liberalization, wages, and specialization in China
Hong, Chang - In: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 26 (2012) 4, pp. 561-577
This paper studies the evolution of regional specialization in China in response to trade liberalization. Using a panel … of Chinese export data at the detailed commodity level over the period of 1988–2006, we show that China’s regional … simulations, US–China trade policy review, and the pattern of China’s coast–inland wage ratio. …
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THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON TUNISIAN MANUFACTURING: STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
MOUELHI, Rim BEN AYED - In: Region et Developpement 25 (2007), pp. 87-114
The aim of this article is to establish a comparison concerning the Tunisian manufacturing industry between two periods that feature different commercial regimes: relative protectionism (1987 – 1995) and liberalization (after 1995).The analysis deals with different elements of conduct and...
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The effect of trade liberalization on inter-industry wage difference in Indonesia's manufacturing sector
Watekhi, Watekhi; Nachrowi, Nachrowi D. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-12
This study analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on wage inequality through industry wage premiums in Indonesia's manufacturing sector between 2000 and 2015, a period marked by low import tariffs. The study was undertaken by adopting a two-stage estimation approach. Using the national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001422
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Trade Liberalization and Inequality in Canada in the 1990s
Schwanen, Daniel - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Daniel Schwanen addresses the impact of the major trade liberalization efforts undertaken by Canada and its trading partners beginning with the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 1989. The author focuses in particular on the question of whether liberalized trade could...
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Firm heterogeneity and trade-induced layoffs: An empirical investigation
Uysal, Pinar; Yotov, Yoto V.; Zylkin, Thomas - In: European Economic Review 75 (2015) C, pp. 80-97
We use a novel data set with verified observations of trade-induced layoffs by U.S. firms to study the interaction between firm productivity and trade liberalization as key determinants of firm-level job destruction due to trade. We find that patterns of trade-induced layoffs are broadly...
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Different types of liberalization and jobs in South Korean Firms
Kim, Hyuk Hwang; Lee, Hongshik - In: Journal of East Asian economic integration 19 (2015) 1, pp. 71-97
This study examines the effects of several factors indicating economic opennessimported intermediate goods, total imports, IFDI (inward foreign direct investment), and foreign ownership-on regular, irregular jobs and the ratio of irregular employment to regular employment. Findings revealed that...
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Import competition from and offshoring to China: A curse or blessing for firms?
Mion, Giordano; Zhu, Linke - In: Journal of International Economics 89 (2013) 1, pp. 202-215
indicate that China is different from both other low-wage and OECD countries. Industry-level import competition from China … competition has no effect on firm survival, while offshoring of finished goods to China actually increases firms' probability of … survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of Chinese imports is large. Import competition from China accounts for 27 …
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