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This paper explores the potential link between trade and labor outcomes in rural areas in Latin America by estimating …. We find a significant positive association between labor outcomes in rural areas and some measures of international trade … higher wages and labor income in rural areas, in particular for those workers located in the bottom quantiles of the …
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rising livestock product and other agrarian prices. It also demonstrates that the rise in real wages (agrarian) was partly …
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Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I … worker human capital across the farm and non-farm sectors and much higher wages in the latter. Second, while these wage gaps … in wages across sectors. Women work fewer hours and are less likely to work outside of their own village in the non …
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Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I … worker human capital across the farm and non-farm sectors and much higher wages in the latter. Second, while these wage gaps … in wages across sectors. Women work fewer hours and are less likely to work outside of their own village in the non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519100
of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries … during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314173
of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …This paper analyzes whether Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed between the United States and Latin American countries … during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287262
minimum wage changes which can be accounted for by differences in their wage levels and profit margins: firms with high wages … or large profit margin increase employment, while those with low wages or small profit margin downsize. The increase in … enforcement of China’s minimum wage in 2004 has since amplified this heterogeneity, which implies that labor regulation may reduce …
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of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK … or for average wages. These findings are robust to controlling for a variety of firm characteristics. …
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of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK … or for average wages. These findings are robust to controlling for a variety of firm characteristics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048212
of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK … or for average wages. These findings are robust to controlling for a variety of firm characteristics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051877