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Institutional quality and trade: which institutions? Which trade?
Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Sekkat, Khalid - Département d'Économie Appliquée (DULBEA), Solvay … - 2006
confirm that the control of corruption, but not the other dimensions of governance, robustly cause manufactured exports. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094126
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Quantitative Evidence on Transparency in Regional Trade Agreements
Lejárraga, Iza; Shepherd, Ben - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
consistent with a view that strengthening governance and regulatory capacities can contribute to a broader diffusion of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277119
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Does Governance Matter for Enhancing Trade? Empirical Evidence from Asia
De, Prabir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The primary objective of this paper is to find whether or not the governance and institutions matter for enhancing … Asias trade. In this study, we have performed a comprehensive empirical analysis of the linkages between governance and … trade at the Asian subregional level. Our results indicate that all individual governance indicators except regulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365058
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Terrorism, Trade and Public Policy
Anderson, James - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2008
Are bigger markets safer? How should government policy respond to terrorist threats? Trade draws potential terrorists and economic predators into productive activity, but trade also draws terrorist attacks. Larger trade reduces the risk of terrorist attack when the wage elasticity is high,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102617
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The Demand for Labor: An Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data from the German LIAB. Will the High Unskilled Worker Own-Wage Elasticity Please Stand Up?
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schank, Thorsten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper uses matched employee-employer LIAB data to provide panel estimates of the structure of labor demand in Germany, 1993-2002, distinguishing between highly skilled, skilled, and unskilled labor and between the manufacturing and service sectors. Reflecting current preoccupations, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763787
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The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Since changes in trade openness are typically confounded with other factors, it has been difficult to identify the labour market consequences of increased international trade. The advent of the United States Interstate Highway System provides a unique policy experiment, which I use to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504786
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The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries
Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that causality is unidirectional. Wages strongly causes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762106
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Trade, Technology and Labor Markets: General Equilibrium Perspectives
Tyers, Rod; Duncan, Ron - In: Journal of Economic Integration 14 (1999), pp. 226-264
This paper summarizes the state of the debate on the effects of "globalization" and spontaneous technical change on wages and, in this context, describes the results from a recent study of the links between trade, technical change and labor market behavior. These new results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840833
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408336
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Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? Some empirical evidence
Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn - EconWPA - 2005
The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119296