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This paper provides new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages. We first introduce a model of trade that … industrial wages before and after one episode of trade liberalization, our strategy exploits the recent historical record of … trends in wages and wage inequality. We use unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, wages, and wage inequality to …
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Imported products tend to have lower prices than locally produced ones for a variety of reasons, including lower labor costs and better technology in the exporting country. The reduced prices may lead to wage losses for individuals who work in the production of a local version of the imported...
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two stages. In the first stage, individual wages are regressed on worker characteristics, job and firm attributes …
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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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We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of … the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting … stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest-stage wages …
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Employees of globalized firms face a riskier menu of labor market outcomes. They face a more uncertain stream of earnings and riskier employment prospects. However, they may also have stronger incentives to train and upgrade their skills and/or may benefit from more rapid careers. Hence, the...
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: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Our analysis is based on highly …, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are close to zero. However, Tanzania and Uganda also have the potential to experience positive …
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improves work conditions in small and medium enterprises in Vietnam. Certified firms pay higher wages on average. They are also …
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the Uganda National Panel Survey, results from a household fixed effects analysis show that children under two years of …
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The emergence of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a great economic power has stimulated an epochal shift in patterns of world trade, accompanied by a remarkable level of internal migration within the country. Hundreds of millions of Chinese workers have moved from inland areas to coastal...
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