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dc.titleReal Exchange Rates, Dollarization and Industrial Employment in Latin America  
dc.contributor.authorGalindo, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorIzquierdo, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorMontero, José Manuel
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2006-10-31T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a panel dataset on industrial employment and trade for 9 Latin American countries for which liability dollarization data at the industrial level is available. It tests whether real exchange rate fluctuations have a significant impact on employment, and analyze whether the impact varies with the degree of trade openness and liability dollarization. Econometric evidence supports the view that real exchange rate depreciations can impact employment growth positively, but this effect is reversed as liability dollarization increases. In industries with high liability dollarization, the overall impact of a real exchange rate depreciation can be negative.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010967
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Real-Exchange-Rates-Dollarization-and-Industrial-Employment-in-Latin-America- .pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectFinancial Sector
dc.subject.keywordsWP-575
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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