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Exports and labor demand : evidence from Egyptian firm-level data

Berg, Claudia; Robertson, Raymond; López Acevedo, Gladys - 2022

did not directly increase employment. To illustrate the relationship between firm-level exporting and employment, we …) in 2013, 2016, and 2020. Our firm-level microanalysis demonstrates that while there is a positive employment response to …

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Exports and jobs for inclusive growth in Cambodia

Kokas, Deeksha; Roche Rodriguez, Jaime Alfonso; López … - 2024

transformation. This growth has been extensively associated with more employment, higher wages, shared prosperity, and poverty …

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The relationship between female labor force participation and violent conflicts in South Asia

Robertson, Raymond; López Acevedo, Gladys; Morales, Matias - 2020

This paper explores the link between the prevalence of violent conflicts and extremely low female labor force participation rates (FLFPR) in South Asia. We merge Labor Force Surveys (LFSs) from Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, India, and Pakistan to the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to estimate the...

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Trade, FDI, migration, and the place premium : Mexico and the United States

Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2015

Large wage differences between countries ("place premiums") are well documented. Theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased migration, capital flows, and commercial integration. All three have increased between the United States and Mexico over the last 25 years. This...

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Globalization and wage convergence : Mexico and the United States

Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2014

2011. We apply a synthetic panel approach to employment survey data and a more descriptive approach to Census data from …

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Tracking wage inequality trends with prices and different trade models : evidence from Mexico

Halliday, Timothy; Lederman, Daniel; Robertson, Raymond - 2016

Mexican wage inequality rose following Mexico's accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization in 1986. Since the mid-1990s, however, wage inequality has been falling. Since most trade models suggest that output prices can affect factor prices, this paper...

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International trade and labor markets: evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt

Robertson, Raymond; Vergara Bahena, Mexico Alberto; … - 2021

Since the early 1990s, some developing countries have experienced a coincidence of rising exports - especially those related to global value chains - and improved labor market outcomes. During 2000-10, rising trade was associated with falling poverty and inequality in many developing countries....

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Labor market adjustment to third party competition : evidence from Mexico

Robertson, Raymond; Halliday, Timothy; Vasireddy, Sindhu - 2018

from China are associated with a reduction of employment in Mexico's textile and apparel sectors. These effects are the …

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Is international trade always beneficial to labor markets? : a case study from Egypt

Robertson, Raymond; Vergara, Mexico; López Acevedo, Gladys - 2022

thus, lost employment opportunities. This paper evaluates the relationship between regional trade agreements using a …

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Gender-segmented labor markets and trade shocks

Góes, Carlos; López Acevedo, Gladys; Robertson, Raymond - 2023

shocks may either increase or decrease the female-to-male employment ratio. The key theoretical result shows formally that …-to-male employment ratio should increase (decrease). We then use plausibly exogenous variation in the exposure of Tunisian local labor … larger in male-intensive sectors. This induced a decrease in the female-to-male employment ratio, with households likely …

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