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also show that reductions in (agricultural) input tariffs triggers a process of sectoral reallocation from agriculture to …
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An often-neglected potential negative consequence of tariffs is the impact they may have on the misallocation of factor …-productivity firms to survive, thereby leading to a sub-optimal allocation of resources. This paper explores the impact of tariffs on the … allocation of capital using administrative data from South Africa. We find that tariffs are highly correlated with capital …
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Rising globalization has exerted a downward pressure on global tariffs, thereby eroding tariff revenues in developing … nations. We analyse how gains from lowering import tariffs are distributed within the firm and the corresponding tax (base … profits, sales, capital, and wages with respect to import tariffs. Using linked employer-employee data and firmproduct …
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on the effects of the rapidly rising electricity tariffs. The issue of tariff increases has now become even more critical …
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Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa's huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries. Agro-processing is a large sector, which is widely...
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Using highly disaggregated customs-transaction-level data, we study the importer price effects of tariffs in the …-level impact of tariffs on import prices. Findings suggest no pass-through effect from changes in tariffs but our quantity analysis …-favoured-nation tariffs. The findings emphasize the importance of varieties, defined as firm-origin combination, in import price analyses. We …
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Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010. We examine the role of market forces (demand and supply of labour by skill), institutional factors (minimum wages and unionization rate), and public policy (cash transfers) in explaining changes in inequality. We...
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Labour market incomes have been a major contributor to the important fall in inequality in Latin America during the 2000s. Indeed, it was the main contributor in countries where inequality fell more dramatically. A proper understanding of the workings of the labour market is necessary to...
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Argentina experienced a decline in the early years of the 2000s, from 2000 to 2002, in GDP and in most labour market indicators, followed by improvements in nearly all of them, tracing out a U-shaped pattern. The international crisis of 2008 impacted negatively only on the unemployment rate and...
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Between 2000 and 2013, Colombia experienced rapid economic growth. The country suffered a slowdown at the beginning of the period and during the international crisis of 2008, but during both slowdowns, the growth rate never turned negative. Most labour market indicators improved and followed the...
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