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Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003

EconWPA; Steering Committeee for the Review of … - 2004

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003 highlights the marked disparities between Indigenous and other Australians. While not the first report to assemble data on the social or economic status of Indigenous people, it is distinguished by the strategic framework within which the...

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Removing Tariffs on Goods Originating from Least Developed Countries

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

imports from these countries, particularly of clothing, and would have little impact on prices, incomes or jobs in Australia. …

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Liberalising Trade in Textiles and Clothing: A Survey of Quantitative Studies

Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004

textiles and clothing production and trade as the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) is implemented. There is pressure … for a large-scale reallocation of resources, with production of textiles and clothing expanding in Asian and other … developing countries. In parallel, textiles and clothing production in industrialised countries is expected to contract …

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Sustaining Imperfectly Credible Trade Liberalization: Do the Rate of Tariff Reduction and the Degree of Labor Mobility Matter?

Tatum, Robert C. - EconWPA - 2005

Imperfectly credible trade liberalization can lead to balance of payment deterioration and a subsequent reversal of the reform. Therefore, this paper examines whether the likelihood of policy reversal depends on the rate of tariff reduction or the degree of labor mobility. The analysis shows...

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PERCEIVED WELFARE EFFECTS OF CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT – EVIDENCE FROM AMERICAN ECONOMY 1967 - 2005

Stolorz, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005

measured by changes in Consumer Confidence, asymmetrically reflect changes in exports and imports. The provided VAR analysis … terms of external trade volatility. Keeping information on exports and imports as external factors allowed to estimate a …

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CHILD LABOUR AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY

Chaudhuri, Sarbajit; Gupta, Manash Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

The paper analyzes the implications of trade liberalization on the incidence of child labour in a two-sector general equilibrium framework. The supply function of child labour has been derived from the utility maximizing behaviour of the working families. The paper finds that the effect of trade...

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INCIDENCE OF CHILD LABOUR, FREE EDUCATION POLICY AND ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY

Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - EconWPA - 2005

The paper analyzes the implications of a subsidy policy on education and different liberalized trade and investment policies on the incidence of child labour in a developing economy in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model with informal sector and child labour. The supply function of...

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Trade Liberalization and Industrial Pollution in Mexico: Lessons for the FTAA"

Gallagher, Kevin - EconWPA - 2001

As the barriers to hemispheric trade and integration are lowered, it will be asked whether we will we hear the "giant sucking sound" of poorer nations luring U.S. and Canadian firms south to take advantage of low wages and lax environmental regulations? Or, will Latin American nations passively...

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Is “Trade” Openness Valid for Nigeria’s Long-Run Growth: A Cointegration Approach?

Kanayo, Ogujiuba; Okechukwu, Oji; Adenuga, Adeniyi - EconWPA - 2004

As a prelude to tariff reduction, the government is currently assessing the implications of significantly reducing tariffs due, in part, to its 2001 agreement with Ghana to quickly implement the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme. The obvious questions are: Should Nigeria liberalize to all...

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