Morocco's trade liberalization policies coincided with macroeconomic growth over the past two decades. The relationship … between trade liberalization and individual-level labor-market outcomes, however, are not well understood. By combining three … complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) the relationship between trade agreements and trade …

indirectly affected by rising export demand. Furthermore, we examine potential impacts on specific worker groups, such as high …-skilled individuals and female workers. The results show that trade does not lead to the same connection with domestic labor markets in … Egypt as observed in other countries, as highlighted in the existing literature explaining the adverse effects of imports on …

This paper augments the existing literature on trade and child labor by exploring the effects of terms of trade changes … quasi-linear preferences the effect of the terms of trade on child labor depends critically on the pattern of … substitutability (or complementarity) in the excess demand functions between the export good and the nontraded good. We extend the …

This paper augments the existing literature on trade and child labor by exploring the effects of terms of trade changes … quasi-linear preferences the effect of the terms of trade on child labor depends critically on the pattern of … substitutability (or complementarity) in the excess demand functions between the export good and the nontraded good. We extend the …

This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP growth for North … imposes identical contributions of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP. We allow these contributions to differ and …-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R&D used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion …

subsidy spurs global demand for food and confers a terms-of-trade benefit to the food-exporting nation. This might encourage … subsidization. Terms-of-trade effects wash out between trading nations; hence, any policy intervention by the two trading nations …

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of …

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of …

-related) model. Findings are: i) TFP increases with education, trade, governance (ETG) and imports' R&D content, and declines with …This paper examines the impact of education, governance and North-South trade- and distance-related technology … preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007) in a new model that integrates models of trade-related and distance …

variables - education, governance or openness - result in virtuous growth cycles. These are smallest under an increase in trade …) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry …-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main findings are: i …