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Trade and informality in the presence of labor market frictions and regulations
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Meghir, Costas - 2021
simulations to understand how trade affects economic outcomes in the presence of informality. We show the following: 1) Trade … openness unambiguously decreases informality in the tradable sector but has ambiguous effects on aggregate informality. 2) The … even when informality is repressed. 4) Repressing informality increases productivity but at the expense of employment and …
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Government Size and Openness : Evidence from the Commodity Boom in Latin America
Vianna, Andre C. - 2018
Does government size increase to compensate for the volatility that arises from openness? We evaluate this compensation hypothesis by focusing on Latin America, whose economic growth in the 2000s has been often attributed to the commodity boom. Panel data regressions show that during the...
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Globalization and inequality in Latin America
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on research emerging from the late 2000s onward, with an emphasis on empirical work considering new mechanisms, studying new dimensions of inequality, and developing new...
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Trade liberalization, labor reforms and formal–informal employment dynamics
Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Goñi-Pacchioni, Edwin; Maloney, … - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 5, pp. 653-667
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Firm migration to informality and trade openness in developing countries
Cueto, Mónica; Gómez, Erick - In: Economía coyuntural : revista de temas de conyunctura … 1 (2016) 4, pp. 1-31
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Trade liberalization and informality nexus : evidence from Pakistan
Wu, Mengyun; Ul-Haq, Jabbar; Zafar, Naeem Uz; Sun, Huaping - In: Journal of international trade & economic development : … 28 (2019) 6, pp. 732-754
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Trade liberalization and poverty reduction : trade can reduce poverty when accompanied by appropriate policies and institutions
Mitra, Devashish - 2016
Economic growth is essential, though not sufficient, for poverty reduction in developing countries. Research based on many different approaches and including both cross-country and intra-country studies shows that international trade can contribute to economic growth, and thus can help many poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514707
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Institutions and development : the interaction between trade regime and political system
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450834
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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Grossmann, Volker; Falkinger, Josef - 2021
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318979
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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2021
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319119