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Growing shares of international trade flows consist of intermediate and unfinished goods shipped from one country to … of international fragmentation of production in Europe, looking at how it affects relative labor demand. Models of trade … change in the relative factor intensities of the affected industries. We use international trade data specifically related to …
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We incorporate culture into a standard trade model in two distinct ways. In the ¡°cultural affinity from work¡± model … due to cultural concerns can reduce the national benefits from trade liberalization. Complete movements to free trade will …
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Is the pattern of trade correlated with cross-sector differences in job turnover? Theoretically, external shocks feed …
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, regulation of trade and investment flows, and gender- sensitive public sector spending.. …
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This paper calculates a unit labor-cost based real effective exchange rate for China for the period 1987-2002. It examines carefully which data sources can be used given the known limitations of Chinese data and constructs to them together with internationally available unit labor cost...
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This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … agreement with China on sectoral and aggregate employment rates. According to this, trade with the PRC did not have a … significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization like the nineties. …
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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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dispersion - agglomeration configuration when regional and/or international trade are liberalised. Two main results are found …-shaped but strictly decreasing when impediments to trade are removed. This turns out to be a convenient framework to revisit the … links between tax competition, location of firms and trade integration. It is shown in particular that trade liberalization …
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involving elements of trade policy reform. This study reviews country experiences with respect to the impact of reforms of trade … and trade-related policies on economic performance, export capacity and the ability to attract foreign direct investment …. Trade policy reform can be crucial for success in international markets. Opening domestic markets will change relative …
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Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were … report recommended that the CER rules of origin, which confine access to trade concessions to goods produced in Australia or …
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