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Trade liberalization and labor market in developing countries: Theory and evidence
Arbache, Jorge Saba - 2001
This paper presents a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased wage inequality in several developing countries.
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Has trade liberalisation in poor countries delivered the promises expected?
Pacheco-López, Penélope; Thirlwall, A. P. - 2009
The paper reviews the evidence of the impact of trade liberalisation on the economic performance of poor developing countries with respect to poverty reduction, the distribution of income within countries, the distribution of income between countries, trade and the balance of payments, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277824
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Der Kommissionsvorschlag zur Deregulierung des Handwerks - Eine kritische Einschätzung der ökonomischen Literatur
Lankau, Matthias; Müller, Klaus - 2015
auf die bereits vorliegenden Forschungen zur Deregulierung durch die HwO-Novelle 2004 stützen könne. Jüngste Forschungen … sich nicht belegen, dass die Deregulierung des Handwerks seit 2004 zu einem Beschäftigungswachstum geführt habe. Die …. This report seeks to summarize the theoretical and empirical literature on licensing deregulation. We will critically …
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Free Sky and Clouds of Restrictions
Piermartini, Roberta; Rousova, Linda - 2009
An increasing percentage of trade occurs via air. However, air services are excluded from the WTO Agreement and, as a result, the aviation market is regulated by a plethora of Air Services Agreements. In this paper, we investigate the extent of discrimination -in terms of access to international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427545
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Impact of liberalisation on wages and employment in Indian manufacturing industries
Banga, Rashmi - 2005
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Why agricultural technological transfers to developing countries should be deregulated
Gisselquist, David; Grether, Jean-Marie - 1998
This paper analyzes the institutional arrangements governing the international transfer of input-embodied new technologies in agriculture. While developed countries characteristically allow "multiple channel" private and public technological transfer, developing countries often force technology...
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Towards a macroprudential surveillance and remedial policy formulation system for monitoring financial crisis
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2009
Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...
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The Impact of Market Reforms on Competition, Structure and Performance of the Philippine Economy
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2005
The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel through which trade liberalization affects economic performance. Competition fosters innovation and technology adoption which leads to increases in competitiveness and growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429816
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Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms? The Case of the Philippine Cement Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2008
Applying a conjectural variations (CV) model introduced by Haskel and Scaramozzino (H&S model 1997), the paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on the Philippine cement industry where alleged cartel activities have taken place after the entry of the world's Big Three cement firms:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429874
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Tariff Rates, Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from German and Austrian Firm-Level Data
Hansen, Thorsten - 2010
This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization in terms of tarif cuts within the Eastern European enlargement on German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage...
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