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Trade and employment : stylized facts and research findings

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2005

"The substantial literature investigating the links between trade, trade policy, and labor market outcomes-both returns to labor and employment-has generated a number of stylized facts, but many open questions remain. This paper surveys the subset of the literature focusing on trade policy and...

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Zooming in : from aggregate volatility to income distribution

Calderón, César A. - 2009

"In contrast with a growing literature on the drivers of aggregate volatility in developing countries, its consequences … aggregate volatility has a regressive, asymmetric, and non linear impact, as reflected in the strong influence of extreme output …

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Taking the bad with the good : volatility of foreign portfolio investment and financial constraints of small firms

Knill, April M. - 2005

"The author examines the impact of the volatility of foreign portfolio investment on the financial constraints of small …, the author finds that the volatility of foreign portfolio investment is only significantly associated with a decreased … volatility of foreign portfolio investment only hinders the growth of small firms significantly in periods when nations are …

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Economic volatility and returns to education in Venezuela : 1992-2002

Sakellariou, Christos N. - 2004

"Preliminary evidence suggests that the rates of return to education in Venezuela have been declining since the 1970s. Patrinos and Sakellariou rigorously estimate the returns to education in Venezuela for the period 1992-2002 and link them to earlier available estimates from the 1980s. They use...

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Volatility and Growth

Hnatkovska, Viktoria - 2004

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Trade liberalization and labor market adjustment in Brazil

Blom, Andreas (contributor) - 2003

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Labor market distortions in Côte d'Ivoire : analyses of employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector

Kristensen, Nicolai - 2005

"The authors investigate the extent and nature of distortions in the labor market in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire by using quantile regression analysis on employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector. They find that the labor markets in Côte d'Ivoire do not seem to be much distorted....

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