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Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country : Theory and Policy

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2016

The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...

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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

Anukriti, S - 2014

) have increased in response to trade liberalization. Thus, altered expectations about future returns from daughters relative …

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On Trade Policy Preference and Offshoring Ties

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2022

This paper unpacks the role of the domestic content of imports as a novel source of policy interdependence along the global supply chain. We show how a rise in local contents embodied in imports can skew national trade policy preferences, and pull upstream and downstream countries in asymmetric...

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Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Trade and Employment : Evidence from China

Zeng, Xiangquan - 2011

Coordination of macro-economic development and employment is an essential issue for China's social development, which largely depends on economic expansion, as well as integration into the global market to create jobs. Through the literature review and empirical test, this paper analyses the...

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China's Latent Human Capital Investment : Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie F. - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable achievements in education as well as its...

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Child Labor and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2014

We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies … exposure. Our main findings show that increased exposure to trade liberalization is associated with a decrease in child work … rural areas. Favorable income effects for the poor, induced by trade liberalization, are likely to be the dominating effects …

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Poverty, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2013

We measure the effects of trade liberalization over the period of 1993-2002 on regional poverty levels in 259 … liberalization. Among the potential channels behind this effect, we highlight the formalization of the unskilled labour force and …

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Southern African Economic Integration : Evidence from an Augmented Gravity Model

Warin, Thierry - 2009

This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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Preferential Market Access into the Chinese Market : How Good is it for Africa?

Co, Catherine Y. - 2014

In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential market access program for the least developed sub-Saharan...

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