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Labour implications of the textiles and clothing quota phase-out
Kyvik Nord°as, Hildegunn - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2005
Examines the effects on employment and wages of the phasing out of trade quotas implemented under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, the Multifibre Agreement (MFA). Includes cases studies from seven developing countries, the USA and the European Union.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966586
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Child labour, education and export performance
Kucera, David; Sarna, Ritash - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Uses a gravity trade model to estimate the effects of child labour and education on exports from 1993 to 1999, evaluating total exports, total manufacturing exports and manufacturing exports broken down by labour and skill intensity of production using four different classifications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966995
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Efficiency pre-conditions for successful integration of developing countries into the world economy.
U, Hiemenz; Langhammer, Rolf J - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1986
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper discussing trade liberalization trade policies capable of promoting the integration of developing countries into the international economic system - comments on shortcomings of economic development associated with import substitution; examines the need to combine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967256
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Changing Developing Country Trade Policies and WTO Engagement
Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper focuses on developments in the engagement of developing countries in the multilateral trading system in light of the recent re-issue of Robert Hudec’s seminal book, Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System. Starting in the late 1980s, just after Hudec published his book, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854507
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World Market Access of Emerging-Market Firms: The Role of Foreign Ownership and Access to External Finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - CESifo - 2013
ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import … firm will export or import. Foreign ownership has a large positive impact on the likelihood to engage in direct trade but a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681216
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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: What have we learned in a decade?
Martuscelli, Antonio; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
living. Working in the export predicts gains and in the import-competing sector losses, a finding that is re-inforced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171782
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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States
Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2014
Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103394
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Who Profits from Trade Facilitation Initiatives?
Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
benefit from trade facilitation. We find that firms of all sizes export more in response to improved trade facilitation. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083525
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Developing Countries Exports Survival in the OECD: Does Experience Matter?
Carrère, Céline; Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper focuses on developing countries that export for the first time to the OECD and obtains several important … results on export dynamic, linking exports experience and exports survival. Using product level data at the SITC 5 digit level … more than two years is worthless. Moreover, a break in export experience prior to entering the OECD reduces the benefit on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084564
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Reducing Agriculture Tariffs Versus Domestic Support: What's More Important for Developing Countries?
Hoekman, Bernard; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in developed countries significantly affect many least developed countries (LDCs), both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs and domestic support may also lower the world price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789095