Similar Search Results

Do Export Promotion Agencies Promote New Exporters?

Cruz, Marcio - 2017

-level dataset that covers the full manufacturing sector in Brazil. To identify the impact of Apex's assistance on firms' export …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972872

Policy and Performance in Customs : Evaluating the Trade Facilitation Agreement

Hillberry, Russell H. - 2018

The 2013 World Trade Organization ministerial in Bali produced a comprehensive framework agreement on trade facilitation. If fully implemented, the agreement should increase the speed and reduce the cost of moving goods across international borders. But which reforms are most likely to improve...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937418

Trade Effects of Customs Reform : Evidence from Albania

Fernandes, Ana M. - 2018

Despite enormous academic interest in international trade costs and keen policy interest in efforts to mitigate them, so far there is very little hard evidence on the impacts of trade facilitation efforts. This paper exploits a dramatic reduction in the rate of physical inspections by Albanian...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937421

Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies

Cadot, Olivier - 2017

The demand for accountability in aid-for-trade is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognizing that a multiplicity of approaches is needed to learn what works and what does not....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973616

Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia

Cadot, Olivier - 2017

This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary firms. While much of the literature assesses only the short-term impact of such programs, the paper considers also the longer-term impact. Propensity-score matching,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974758

Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions : Paving the Way

Cadot, Olivier - 2017

The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mantra of "aid-for-trade" rather than on hard...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975644

Full-Time Teachers, Students, and Curriculum : The Single-Shift Model in Rio De Janeiro

Cruz, Tassia De Souza - 2017

This paper examines the full-time school program in Rio de Janeiro's municipal schools. The program, called as the "Single-Shift" schools (Turno Unico), extends the time students spend in municipal schools and seeks to improve the quality of education provision by creating a diverse curriculum...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954314

Economywide and Sectoral Impacts on Workers of Brazil's Internet Rollout

Dutz, Mark A. - 2017

This paper is a study of the effect of Brazil's staggered Internet rollout between 2000 and 2014 on municipality … employment and wages. The study uses a new, annual data set on Internet availability from the Brazil school census, with the … Internet connections. These data are combined with Brazil's rich, matched employer-employee survey, which contains annual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957709

Ageing Poorly? : Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017

The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959146

Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Child-Labor Ban

Piza, Caio - 2017

the law that increased the minimum employment age from 14 to 16 in Brazil in 1998, and uncovers its impact on time …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968206

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last