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Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports: Evidence from Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2020
the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) - spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …. Unlike in other studies, these local labor market effects dissipate quickly. Furthermore, Bangladesh's export shock was …
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Mending the Gap: Apparel Export Prices and the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo Medeiros, Diego - 2022
study the case of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was the 4th largest apparel supplier to the United States market in 2020. Recent … sector. The economy-wide male-female wage gap for less-educated workers in Bangladesh dropped by more than half with the … either changing minimum wage levels (that are not binding for apparel in Bangladesh) or other changes through time, and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351950
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A tale of parallel integration processes: a gravity analysis of EU trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European countries
Ferragina, Anna; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Pastore, Francesco - 2005
Despite the EU emphasis on the 1995 Barcelona process, trade integration with the Mediterranean (MED) countries is still underdeveloped. To contrast the success of EU integration with MED countries and that with the new EU members, we compute the trade potential of these EU partners from 1995 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267399
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A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes. A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries
Ferragina, Anna; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Despite the EU emphasis on the 1995 Barcelona process, trade integration with the Mediterranean (MED) countries is still underdeveloped. To contrast the success of EU integration with MED countries and that with the new EU members, we compute the trade potential of these EU partners from 1995 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703226
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Trade Policy and Labor Services : Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza
Schiff, Maurice - 2004
This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261796
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An Adverse Social Welfare Effect of Quadruply Gainful Trade
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2020
Acknowledging that individuals dislike having low relative income renders trade less attractive when seen as a technology that integrates two economies by merging separate social spheres into one. We define a "trembling trade" as a situation in which gains from trade are less than losses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322560
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Trade Policy and Labor Services: Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza
Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822305
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North-South Technology Spillovers: The Relative Impact of Openness and Foreign R&D
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines the relative contribution of openness and the R&D content of trade to TFP growth for North-South trade-related technology diffusion. The measure of foreign R&D used in the literature on trade-related technology diffusion imposes identical contributions of openness and the R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763872
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North-South Technology Diffusion, Regional Integration, and the Dynamics of the ?Natural Trading Partners? Hypothesis
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2004
Based on static analysis, a number of studies argue that forming a RTA is more likely to raise welfare if member countries are ?natural trading partners,? while other studies claim the opposite. This paper considers the argument from a dynamic viewpoint by examining the impact of trade with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262129
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Trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms: The role of country asymmetries
Pflüger, Michael P.; Russek, Stephan - 2010
This paper explores the role of country asymmetries for trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms. Our analysis delivers a number of novel results. First, trade policies, infrastructure policies and industrial policies which improve the business conditions in one country have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278499