-addition and high-quality goods, export-led growth may not be a poverty-reducing strategy. TOC:Introduction.- Dimensions of Quality … Problem in Developing Countries.- Theories of Quality Choice.- Income Distribution, Trade Policy and Export Quality.- Wage … Policy, Standards and the Labour Market.- Inter-Linkage Between Skill Formation and Export Quality.- Dirty Exports and …

The paper estimates the effect of product standards on firms? export decisions using two novel datasets. The first … exporting as well as their export values and quantities. The relative restrictiveness of standards also deters exporting firms … effect of product standards on firms? export decisions. Smaller exporters are more negatively affected in their market entry …