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Tariff reductions and labor demand elasticities : evidence from Chinese firm-level data
Sato, Hitoshi; Zhu, Lianming - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
International production fragmentation has been a global trend for decades, becoming especially important in Asia where the manufacturing process is fragmented into stages and dispersed around the region. This paper examines the effects of input and output tariff reductions on labor demand...
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Political crisis and suspension of duty-free access in Madagascar : assessment of impacts on the garment industry
Fukunishi, Takahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
The export-oriented garment industry in Madagascar has displayed robust growth, thus both contributing to the economy and creating formal employment opportunities. However, it experienced a critical situation after the political turmoil that occurred in 2009. Our investigation using the trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134419
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Economic integration, location of industries, and frontier regions : evidence from Cambodia
Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
We examine changes in the location of economic activity in Cambodia between 1998 and 2008 in terms of employment growth. During this period, Cambodia joined ASEAN and increased trade with neighboring countries. Drawing on the predictions of the new economic geography, we focus on frontier...
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Fertility and rural electrification in Bangladesh
Fujii, Tomoki; Shonchoy, Abu S. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
We use a panel dataset from Bangladesh to examine the relationship between fertility and the adoption of electricity … of electricity reduces fertility, and this impact is more pronounced when the household already has two or more children … the optimal number of children but not necessarily current fertility behavior if the optimal number has not yet been …
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Effects of birth order and sibling sex composition on human capital investment in children in India
Makino, Momoe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
India using the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS). Endogeneity of fertility is addressed using instruments and … India. Once endogeneity of fertility is addressed, there is no evidence for a negative birth order effect or sibling sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493060
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On the variety of Mexico's export goods
Ito, Tadashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico’s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the econometric estimation analyses using the raw data and the one using an improved version of Feenstra and Kee's (2004, 2007) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213711
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Shock Transmission Mechanism of the Economic Crisis in East Asia : An Application of International Input-Output Analysis
Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
This paper investigates the impacts of the 2008 economic crisis on industries in East Asia. By using the updated Asian international input-output table for 2008, the paper attempts to identify the transmission mechanism and the magnitude of impact of the crisis on industries in East Asia. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615349
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Bilateral tariff rates in international trade : finished goods versus intermediate goods
Hayakawa, Kazunobu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
In this paper, we examined back-and-forth international transactions through tariff reduction by estimating modified gravity equations for finished goods and intermediate goods separately. Our main findings are as follows. Exports of finished machinery products are negatively associated with not...
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Tracing CO2 emissions in global value chains
Meng, Bo; Peters, Glen; Wang, Zhi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
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New aspects of intra-industry trade in EU countries
Ito, Tadashi; Okubo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
Using the HS eight-digit product level trade data of EU countries for the period 1988 – 2010, we analyse Intra-industry trade within EU countries as well as with Eastern European countries and with China. We find the Eastern European countries’ rise up the quality ladder, and by contrast the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134405