This paper studies the impact of Argentina trade liberalization during the nineties on the industry wage premium … of greater wages. Since Argentina's tariff structure during this period protected relatively more sectors employing … higher proportions of skilled workers, nineties trade policy may have had an adverse effect on Argentina’s income …

Ever since the early 20th century, Argentina has failed to fully reap the benefits that integrating into the world … economy can offer. With exports and imports only accounting for less than 30% of GDP, Argentina is significantly less … including a strategy of industrialisation through import substitution. Trading little, Argentina has also remained on the side …

This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning …