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dc.titleTrade and Employment: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorMárquez, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorPagés, Carmen
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2010-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue1997-07-31T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impact of the recent wave of trade liberalization and economic reform on employment. Four alternative measures of openness and four measures of the real exchange rate are used to measure the impact of trade reforms on manufacturing and economy-wide employment. Across a wide range of specifications, trade reforms have had a negative, albeit small, effect on employment growth. This effect has been reinforced by real exchange rate appreciation.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011538
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Trade-and-Employment-Evidence-from-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectExchange Rate
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectIntegration and Trade
dc.subject.keywordsmanufacturing sector;trade reform;unemployment;trade policy
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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