Search Results - subject_exact:"Trade liberalization"

When trade compresses: the impact of liberalization on wage inequality

Martinez, Victor Hernandez; Kozeniauskas, Nicholas; … - 2026

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Complements or substitutes? : labor market effects of foreign inputs in developing economies

Bonilla Mejía, Leonardo; Muñoz-Morales, Juan S.; … - 2026

This paper examines how import liberalization affects labor markets when labor and intermediate inputs can act as complements or substitutes. We incorporate a constant-elasticityof-substitution (CES) production function into a dynamic quantitative trade model and show that the labor market...

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Empowering women : the impact of road infrastructure and trade liberalization on gender equality : evidence from Ethiopia

Gebre, Wondatir A.; Chakraborty, Pavel - 2026

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Trade liberalization, skill demand, and workforce composition : evidence from Vietnamese SMEs

Quoc Thai Le; Pieri, Fabio; Tomasi, Chiara - 2026

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Effects of trade liberalization with heterogeneous firms under stagnation

Hashimoto, Ken'ichi - 2026

We investigate the effect of trade liberalization in a stagnant economy characterized by firm-level productivity heterogeneity. By incorporating Melitz's (2003) framework into a model of economic stagnation driven by insufficient aggregate demand, we examine how trade opening affects employment...

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Trade liberalization and working conditions

Alvarez, Bastien; Orefice, Gianluca; Toubal, Farid - 2025

This paper examines how trade liberalization-induced labor demand shocks affect wages and non-wage working conditions. Using exogenous trade shocks from EU enlargement and worker-level data, we find that export liberalization increases temporary contracts and atypical work schedules,...

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Trade liberalization and working conditions

Alvarez, Bastien; Orefice, Gianluca; Toubal, Farid - 2025

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Technical efficiency, scale effect, and trade liberalization : evidence from the Nepalese manufacturing sector

Pathak, Amrit; Leu, Shawn; Robertson, Mari L.; … - 2025

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Trade liberalization and mortality rates : evidence of pro-cyclical mortality from Brazil

Cícero, Vinicius Curti; Dias, Lucas Cardoso Corrêa; … - 2025

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Digital economy and Chinese-style modernization : unveiling nonlinear threshold effects and inclusive policy frameworks for global sustainable development

Qi, Tao; Liu, Wenhui; Chang, Xiao - 2025

This study focuses on the impact of China's digital economy on sustainable modernization from 2011 to 2021, using provincial panel data for empirical analysis. By applying threshold and mediation models, we find that the digital economy promotes modernization through industrial upgrading (with a...

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Deep trade agreements and FDI in partial and general equilibrium : a structural estimation framework

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2025

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Deep trade agreements and FDI in partial and general equilibrium : a structural estimation framework

Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto - 2022

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Gender norms and female labor supply : evidence from export shocks in Vietnam

Quynh Huynh; Ku, Hyejin - 2025

We examine the relationship between economic development and female labor force participation, with a focus on the impact of gender norms. Analyzing quasi-random variation in provincial exports in reunified Vietnam from 2002 to 2018, we find that a positive economic shock led to a significant...

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Gender norms and female labor supply : evidence from export shocks in Vietnam

Quynh Huynh; Ku, Hyejin - 2025

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Gender norms and female labor supply : evidence from export shocks in Vietnam

Quynh Huynh; Ku, Hyejin - 2025

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EU-Mercosur deal : a subtle tradeoff in growth, emissions and global cooperation

Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Breitenfellner, Andreas; … - 2025

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Mexico's minimum wage data : trends, policies, and a research agenda

Rivera, Rafael; Reid, Neil; Wang, Haoying - 2025

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Daughters left behind : how trade liberalization harms girls in China when government restricts migration

Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2025

China's accession to the WTO created new economic opportunities in certain cities. A shift-share identification strategy shows that residents of adjacent rural areas migrated in and advanced economically. Longitudinal panel data on children reveals that their sons benefit, but...

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Spatial equilibrium and the regional effects of trade liberalization : evidence from Mexico

Durán, Juan David - 2025

While there is increasing evidence on the effects of trade liberalization on local labor markets, regional variation in cost and quality of living remains essential to understanding the broader welfare impacts of trade policy. This paper examines how trade liberalization influenced wage...

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Trade and domestic distortions : the case of informality

Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Meghir, Costas - 2025

We examine the effects of international trade in the presence of a set of domestic distortions giving rise to informality, a prevalent phenomenon in developing countries. In our quantitative model, the informal sector arises from burdensome taxes and regulations that are imperfectly enforced by...

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Green consumption and corporate environmental responsibility in north-south trade

Cheng, Haitao; Ishikawa, Jota; Tarui, Nori - 2025

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Prospect of trade and innovation in renewable energy deployment : a comparative analysis between brics and mint countries

Ofori, Elvis K.; Bekun, Festus Victor; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi - 2024

The current study thus explored the impact of technological innovation and trade openness on clean energy while accounting for economic growth, access to electricity, pollution, industrial restructuring, and urbanization using data from 1990 to 2020 for both the MINT and BRICS economies. A...

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The dynamics of labor share decline in manufacturing : evidence from Indonesia

Laksono, Riandy; Patunru, Arianto Arif - 2024

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Foreign deficit and economic policy : the case of Mexico

Huerta González, Arturo - 2024

The article analyzes Mexico under globalization, particularly on the free mobility of capital. It argues that globalization has detrimentally impacted the productive and external sectors, causing the economy to become excessively reliant on volatile capital inflows from abroad. The Mexican...

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Foreign deficit and economic policy: The case of Mexico

Huerta González, Arturo - 2024

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The impact of trade liberalization on economic growth in South Africa

Kutu, Augustine Adebayo; Ohonba, Abieyuwa - 2024

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Impact of trade liberalisation on Ghana's agricultural sector

Seidu, Abdul Majeed; Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2024

The study sought to analyse the impact of trade liberalization on Ghana's agricultural sector. This study's research design, which is secondary quantitative, was chosen. The study used econometric methods such as multivariate regression analysis, Bounds test etc to analyse the data. According to...

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Trade liberalization and Indian manufacturing sector dynamics : a difference-in-difference estimation approach

Ahmed, Aaheli; Chakraborty, Debashis - 2024

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Accounting for the Evolution of China's Production and Trade Patterns

Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian Z. - 2024

This paper studies the evolution of China's production and trade patterns during its integration into the global economy. We document and explain new facts concerning changes in production and exports at the industry and firm levels using microdata and a quantitative Ricardian and...

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Accounting for the evolution of China's production and trade patterns

Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian Z. - 2024

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Accounting for the evolution of China's production and trade patterns

Huang, Hanwei; Ju, Jiandong; Yue, Vivian Z. - 2024

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How productivity and trade liberalization can affect the economies of developing nations is illustrated by the Vietnamese manufacturing sectors case

Nguyen Dac Dung - 2024

This article proposes a model to examine the impact of trade liberalization on productivity growth in developing countries, exemplified by Vietnam, which is positioned at a technological distance from the frontier. Built upon the Schumpeterian framework and Total Factor Productivity (TFP)...

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The social footprint of globalization : owards the introduction of strategic industries in quantitative trade models

Colantone, Italo; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Stanig, Piero - 2024

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Trade-agreement compensation in supply-managed industries

Cardwell, Ryan; Biden, Scott - 2024

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Tariffs and growth: heterogeneity by economic structure

Hoyos, Mateo - 2024

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Spillover effects of import competition : edible oils in India

Bandyopadhyay, Sutirtha; Ramaswami, Bharat - 2024

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Embracing the African continental free trade area : unpacking Malawi's economy response to trade liberalization

Mgomezulu, Wisdom Richard; Thangata, Paul; Njiwa, Daniel - 2024

The impact of trade liberalization on Malawi's economy has been a hotly debated topic, To shed light on the subject, a study was conducted using the PEP-1-1 CGE model and the latest Malawi's Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) from 2019, The results were eye-opening, revealing the potential effects...

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Trade liberalization, non-oil export and economic growth in Nigeria

Andohol, Jerome T.; Tarzoor, Terhemen; Nomor, Dennis T. - 2024

The study examines the impact of trade liberalization and non-oil exports on economic growth in Nigeria from 1986 to 2021. The study utilizes an autoregressive distributed lag model and found the combined effect of trade liberalization and non-oil exports to be positive and statistical...

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A domestic political economy of package treaties

Mosley, Layna; Rosendorff, B. Peter - 2024

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The impacts of trade liberalization on women’s marriage and fertility decisions in Vietnam

Pham, Phuong Ngoc; Wie, Dainn; Lee, Hanol - 2024

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The dynamics of FDI inflows, economic growth, trade openness and CO₂ emissions in India : an ARDL approach with structural breaks

Manickam, Tamilselvan; Vijayakumar, N. C.; Kumar, G. Sathis - 2026

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Exploring the N-Curve of CO₂ emissions : the interactive roles of trade, manufacturing, financial development, and fiscal policy across income groups

Fildzah, Lina Absharina; Liana, Damia; Rafi'i, Rafi'i; … - 2026

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Essays on trade, environment, and regulation

2026

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Trade liberalization and third-market effects

Defever, Fabrice; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2026

We study how the end of the quota system for textiles and clothing products in the American and European markets on January 1, 2005, affected China’s exports to third countries, where policy was unchanged. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that the number of Chinese firms...

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Trade liberalization and third-market effects

Defever, Fabrice; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2026

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Trade liberalization and third-market effects

Defever, Fabrice; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2026

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Golden Vision 2045 : Reaping the Gains from Trade

Habib, Ashique - 2026

Indonesia has been pursuing a broad push towards greater trade openness with regional and global partners, seeking to leverage external demand to reach high-income status by 2045. This welcome and timely effort comes amid ongoing trade policy shocks. Our analysis suggests that deeper trade...

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Open dumps and the global trade in garbage

Gordon, Matthew; Papp, Anna - 2026

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Can plurilateral agreements save global free trade?

Chochua, Lasha; Lake, James; Willmann, Gerald - 2026

• we analyze plurilateral trade agreements that liberalize trade in particular products among a range of countries • the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) covers around 12% of global trade • our theory shows that such agreements can be a way forward for multilateral liberalization in...

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Beyond retaliation : South Africa can effectively counter Trump's trade shocks

Rossouw, Riaan; Cameron, Martin; Naudé, Wim - 2026

How should a developing country such as South Africa respond to the USA's "Liberation Day" Tariffs of April 2025 and subsequent shocks? Combining the GTAP-Dynamic (GDyn) Computable General Equilibrium model with an expanded Decision Support Model (DSM), we simulate five policy response scenarios...

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Inclusive growth in South Africa? : inequality dynamics and the role of trade openness vs tax policies

Bargain, Olivier; Benhura, Miracle; Jara, H. Xavier; … - 2026

Market forces, and notably the role of trade openness, contribute to shaping inequality in South Africa and may limit the inclusiveness of its growth path. Recently, policy reforms may have helped to mitigate these effects. To better understand these developments, we analyse trends in post-tax...

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Inclusive growth in South Africa? : inequality dynamics and the role of trade openness vs tax policies

Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2026

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Kingdom of Lesotho Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation

2026

This study is one component of broader World Bank trade facilitation assistance program provided to the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (hereafter referred as Lesotho). This note presents key findings from the study, which focused on identifying the challenges faced by women owned, led or...

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A world trading system for whom? : evidence from global tariffs

Adao, Rodrigo; Becko, John Sturm; Costinot, Arnaud; … - 2026

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A world trading system for whom? : evidence from global tariffs

Adao, Rodrigo; Becko, John Sturm; Costinot, Arnaud; … - 2026 - This version: December 2025

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Who fears job losses from U.S. tariff hikes? : evidence from Cambodia

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Ueki, Yasushi - 2026

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EU integration after the Liberal International Order

Hansen, Olle - 2026

The European Union (EU) emerged as a product and beneficiary of the Liberal International Order (LIO). Yet, as this order disintegrates, marked by multipolarity, thin multilateralism, and the return of power politics, the EU has taken unprecedented integrative steps, including joint debt...

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Low-carbon hydrogen deployment under trade liberalization policies

Trouve, Benjamin - 2026

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Role of economies of scale for the external tariffs and trade agreement formation : a theoretical and empirical investigation

Azeem, Muhammad; Stoyanov, Andrey; Yildiz, Halis Murat - 2026

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New importer dynamics and the effects of trade shocks

Gimenez Perales, Victor - 2026

New importers increase their conditional survival rate and import share over time. However, a model of multi-input firms with an import entry cost and stochastic import costs cannot replicate these dynamics. I show that an extended model can be reconciled with the data. I calibrate both models...

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Plurilateral trade agreements : a complementary margin to preferential liberalization

Chochua, Lasha; Lake, James; Willmann, Gerald - 2026

We show that plurilateral agreements facilitate global tariff liberalization by creating an MFN-based margin of cooperation that leaves preferential access via preferential trade agreements (PTAs) unchanged. In a model of endogenous trade agreement formation with farsighted governments, PTAs...

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Plurilateral trade agreements : a complementary margin to preferential liberalization

Chochua, Lasha; Lake, James; Willmann, Gerald - 2026

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