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, income distribution, welfare and employment. The case of Argentina, in particular, is investigated. To this end, partial … equilibrium techniques are combined with micro econometric methodologies employing data from household surveys to examine the … agreement with China on sectoral and aggregate employment rates. According to this, trade with the PRC did not have a …
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This paper uses firm level data to investigate the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing sector employment in … magnitude of employment response following trade liberalization reforms. Our empirical results indicate that technology, as … measured by capital intensity, and the share of new capital matters relatively more than trade in accounting for employment …
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This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina … labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects of trade with China on the employment rate. According to this …, trade with China did not have a significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization …
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On 26 June 1998 the Treasurer referred the question of whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of meat of swine, frozen, falling within tariff sub-heading 0203.29 of the Australian Customs Tariff. The Productivity Commission is to report within 140 days (or earlier) and is to hold...
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of the main stumbling blocks in Italy’s economy. Finally, we find that greater firm’s mobility may have weakened the …
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of the main stumbling blocks in Italy’s economy. Finally, we find that greater firm’s mobility may have weakened the …
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Removal of tariff restrictions from the relatively low-skill sectors; growth in foreign direct investment; and, decline of trade union strength of the unskilled workers are cited in the empirical literature as the prime factors responsible for the growing incidence of wage inequality in many of...
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the unskilled labour market to analyze the consequences of international mobility of skilled and unskilled labour on the …
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The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...
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