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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761626
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Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233871
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Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … technological innovation also provides impetus to the progressive integration of the nations. The elements of globalization include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822966
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Poverty, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 Indonesian regions, and investigate the labour market mechanisms behind these effects. The identification strategy relies on combining information on initial regional labour and product...
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On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms
Campos, Nauro F; Horváth, Roman - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
What are the factors that explain reversals in the implementation of structural reforms? Our main hypothesis is that reversals in different reforms are driven by different factors. This paper uses new reform indicators and presents novel evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the...
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The NAFTA Tide: Lifting the Larger and Better Boats
Voicu, Alexandru; Calderon-Madrid, Angel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the connection between plants’ responses to changes in the economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all...
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Impact of Industrialization on Relative Female Survival: Evidence from Trade Policies
Chakraborty, Tanika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son …
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Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes: Wage Bargaining, Search Frictions, and Firm Heterogeneity
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Prat, Julien; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We introduce search unemployment à la Pissarides into Melitz’ (2003) model of trade with heterogeneous firms. We allow wages to be individually or collectively bargained and analytically solve for the equilibrium. We find that the selection effect of trade influences labor market outcomes....
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Adding Rungs to the Exporting Ladder: Plant-Level Exporting Dynamics and Total Factor Productivity Growth
Voicu, Alexandru - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
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