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Growing shares of international trade flows consist of intermediate and unfinished goods shipped from one country to … of international fragmentation of production in Europe, looking at how it affects relative labor demand. Models of trade … change in the relative factor intensities of the affected industries. We use international trade data specifically related to …
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We incorporate culture into a standard trade model in two distinct ways. In the ¡°cultural affinity from work¡± model … due to cultural concerns can reduce the national benefits from trade liberalization. Complete movements to free trade will …
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Is the pattern of trade correlated with cross-sector differences in job turnover? Theoretically, external shocks feed …
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This paper calculates a unit labor-cost based real effective exchange rate for China for the period 1987-2002. It examines carefully which data sources can be used given the known limitations of Chinese data and constructs to them together with internationally available unit labor cost...
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This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina … labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects of trade with China on the employment rate. According to this …, trade with China did not have a significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization …
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This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … agreement with China on sectoral and aggregate employment rates. According to this, trade with the PRC did not have a … significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization like the nineties. …
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In 1999, the Commonwealth Government referred the scope for a post-2000 reduction in the general tariff to the Productivity Commission for inquiry and report within nine months. The general tariff covers only rates of 5 per cent or less, and excludes the PMV and TCF sectors. On balance, the...
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The Eastern enlargement represents an opportunity for trade expansion for all the countries involved. In fact, trade … of the EU- CEEC trade in the last decade and study the potential bilateral trade flows between the EU and the CEEC. In … particular, besides analysing trade relations between CEEC and the EU, we will study trade developments among the CEEC. Moreover …
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, open trade regime to put the economy back on an path of sustainable growth. Whereas the country’s growth record has been … really poor, the evidence suggests that the underlying causes had nothing to do with trade. Quite the contrary. This paper … shows that trade liberalization has given an important contribution to two of the main drivers of growth: productivity and …
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electrical (SITC 77) products in the major markets. Secondly, due to the growing competition in international trade, the study …
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