capital with labor, but instead also increase employment, especially for production workers. Reduction in other tariff rates … do not increase investment and employment. Our results suggest that a reduction in the relative price of capital goods … can significantly boost investment and employment and does not seem to lead to a decline in the labor share …

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 … industries, import competition actually strengthens employment growth. In addition, import competition tends to improve average …

This paper investigates the sensitivity of sectoral employment and wages in the United States to changes in foreign … trade prices for 1980–90. Previous studies have concentrated mainly on the impact of changes in import prices on employment … and wage levels. This paper estimates the impact of changes in both import and export prices on employment and wages in …

Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create … jury is still out with respect to their impact on formal employment. This paper exploits an unannounced change in the … identify the causal impact of the program on formal employment, combining three large administrative datasets. This paper finds …