employment prospects in response to trade shocks. Finally, we find that firms experiencing greater import competition start with …This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the …

engine of growth and employment creation. This paper examines the link between the availability of skilled workers and the …

estimate employment for three skill categories of blue collar workers. Employment elasticities are uniformly higher in the east …

Over the last two decades, world trade and production have become increasingly organized around global value chains … evolution over time in order to contribute to this topic. We find that GVC-related trade, rather than conventional trade, has a … the standard gravity literature for GVC trade; highlighting the key role of institutional features such as contract …

trade flows. Econometric estimates of export and import equations provide evidence that trade flows have indeed become …Over the past 20 years, the Chinese authorities have undertaken wide-ranging reforms of their exchange and trade … increasingly price sensitive, owing to the gradual liberalization of the trade regime over time, and to the growing shares of …

This paper presents new estimates of export and import equations for Argentina, using a broader set of variables than … previous studies and distinguishing between intra- and extra-MERCOSUR trade. It measures the importance of relative price … versus income effects in accounting for the higher trade deficit during the 1990s, and examines whether foreign trade …

direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export and import data. Although the issue is still far from …

We identify key factors, from large set of potential determinants, that explain the variation in export diversification … prioritize human capital accumulation and reduce barriers to trade. Other policy areas include improving quality of institutions … and developing the financial sector. For commodity exporters reducing barriers to trade is the most important driver of …