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Standard neo-classical trade theory predicts that trade liberalisation should cause a fall in wage inequality in developing countries through a decrease in the relative demand for skilled labour. Recent studies of a number of developing countries, however, find evidence to the contrary. Using a...
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This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in China. We employ a local labour market approach to construct a regional measure of exposure to import tariffs by exploiting initial differences in industrial composition across...
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Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized … experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tests the role …
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the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country's labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria …, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jordan and Lebanon are …) methodology is used to examine time series data from the most affected governorates in Jordan. The empirical results of Granger …
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In all the MENA countries considered in this study, namely Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, there has been a significant …
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We investigate the gender wage gap in three neglected MENA countries: Egypt (1980-2018), Jordan (2010-2016), and Turkey …, reaching in Jordan a low of -0.18. …
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namely, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia. Low FLFP rates in these countries, as it is in other MENA countries …
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middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia …
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This paper estimates how compliance with national labor law and international labor standards within Jordan's garment … available. The estimation employs data from Better Work Jordan that cover all garment-exporting factories over the 2008 …
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-survey imputations and administrative and survey data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Jordan. Employing …
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