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related to global value chains - and improved labor market outcomes. During 2000-10, rising trade was associated with falling …, although it signed several trade agreements. The lack of trade-related improvements in labor market outcomes - including … two possibilities. First, it is possible that trade agreements did not produce the same increase in trade for Egypt as for …
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Using provisions to ease the movement of business visitors in trade agreements, we show that removing barriers to the … movement of business people promotes trade. We document the increasing complexity of Free Trade Agreements and develop an … increase bilateral trade flows. …
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Trade policies might affect firms' market power and their ability to reap product-market mark-ups. Thus, potentially … on dynamic treatment effects in event studies with heterogeneous treatment effects, we show that free-trade agreements … these established firms benefit from free-trade agreements, but this depends on occupations, union strength and labour …
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We study the impact of trade-induced changes in labor market conditions on violence within the household. We exploit …
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simulations to understand how trade affects economic outcomes in the presence of informality. We show that: (1) Trade openness … gains from trade are understated when the informal sector is omitted. (3) Trade openness results in large welfare gains even … welfare. (5) The effects of trade on wage inequality are reversed when the informal sector is incorporated in the analysis. (6 …
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We use electoral survey data to examine the impact that two large external shocks had on the development of New Zealand First (NZF), one of the oldest populist parties in the OECD. We find that structural reforms, which led to large negative impacts on particular locations, and immigration...
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impact of this trade shock on racial disparities using commuting zone level variation in exposure. We find it decreased black …
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This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up...
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strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological realignment in trade-exposed local labor markets that commences prior …, we find that trade exposed electoral districts simultaneously exhibit growing ideological polarization in some domains …-meaning expanding support for both strong-left and strong-right views-and pure rightward shifts in others. Specifically, trade …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted trade and global value chains. Small open economies such as Portugal are … Kingdom, France and Japan. We discuss the trade facilitation and industrial policy implications for utilizing these … opportunities in the context of the relevant literature on trade and development. …
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