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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World
Seguino, Stephanie - EconWPA - 2005
growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …
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China's Changing Competitive Position: Lessons from a Unit-Labor- Cost-Based REER
Dullien, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005
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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Trade, Poverty and Employment: The Social Consequences of Integration with China
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty, income distribution, welfare and employment. The case of Argentina, in particular, is investigated. To this end, partial equilibrium techniques are combined with micro econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062638
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Tango with the Dragon: Employment Effects of Trade Integration with China. The Case of Argentina
Castro, Lucio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina, in particular, is investigated. Highly disaggregated data at the industry level is used for the first time to estimate labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408025
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Patterns of International Fragmentation of Production and Implications for the Labor Markets
Helg, Rodolfo; Tajoli, Lucia - EconWPA - 2004
Growing shares of international trade flows consist of intermediate and unfinished goods shipped from one country to another to combine manufacturing or services activities at home with those performed abroad. This configuration of the productive structure has been named “internationally...
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Market Forces and Sex Discrimination
Hellerstein, Judith K.; Neumark, David; Troske, Kenneth R. - EconWPA - 1998
We report new evidence on the existence of sex discrimination in wages and whether competitive market forces act to reduce or eliminate discrimination. Specifically, we use plant- and firm-level data to examine the relationships between profitability, growth and ownership changes, product market...
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Ingresos y Microempresarias en Chile
Huaita, Franklin; VAlenzuela, Patricio - EconWPA - 2005
Utilizando los datos de la encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica CASEN 2000, este trabajo evalúa el impacto en la generación de ingresos de una mujer que logra convertirse en microempresaria en Chile, basándose en técnicas paramétricas y no paramétricas. Los resultados son robustos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408343
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Ingresos y Microempresarias
Huaita, Franklin; VAlenzuela, Patricio - EconWPA - 2005
Utilizando los datos de la encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica CASEN 2000, este trabajo evalúa el impacto en la generación de ingresos de una mujer que logra convertirse en microempresaria en Chile, basándose en técnicas paramétricas y no paramétricas. Los resultados son robustos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408381
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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Helg, Rodolfo; Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; … - EconWPA - 2001
International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556434
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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; Galeotti, Marzio; … - EconWPA - 2001
International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556481