The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid … emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower …-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade …

. What do workers trade off, and what are the long run impacts of this occupational choice? Self-employment is thought to be …As low-income countries industrialize, workers choose between informal self-employment and low-skill manufacturing … for better work. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurship program stimulated self-employment, raised earnings by 33%, provided …

Unlike many countries, Egypt did not experience significant labor market improvements following trade liberalization …. In this paper, we build upon the earlier work of Robertson et al. (2021) to investigate why increased Egyptian exports … did not directly increase employment. To illustrate the relationship between firm-level exporting and employment, we …

relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under the following (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing … empirical work covering the labor market effects of trade and FDI. Finally, we identify and summarize the existing research gaps …

relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under the following (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing … empirical work covering the labor market effects of trade and FDI. Finally, we identify and summarize the existing research gaps …

We analyze the effect of rising protectionism towards foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic employment … manufacturing sector to these investment restrictions. Rising FDI restrictions caused employment gains at the local level …, explaining about one-tenth of the aggregate employment increases observed between 2006 and 2016 in Indonesia. These employment …

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed … Method of Moments (GMM-SYS), this paper attempts to establish the nature of manufacturing employment in Ethiopia and the role …

played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed … Method of Moments (GMM-SYS), this paper attempts to establish the nature of manufacturing employment in Ethiopia and the role …