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Labor Demand and Trade Reform in Latin America

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dc.contributor.authorFajnzylber, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorMaloney, William F.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-27T20:16:44Z
dc.date.available2014-08-27T20:16:44Z
dc.date.issued2000-11
dc.description.abstractThere are concerns that trade reform and globalization will increase the uncertainty that the average worker, especially the relatively unskilled worker, faces. The increased competitiveness of product markets and greater access to foreign inputs, the argument goes, will lead to more elastic demand for workers. This may have adverse consequences for both labor market volatility and wage dispersion. The authors argue that while the case that trade liberalization should increase own-wage elasticities may be broadly compelling for competitive import-competing industries, it is less so for imperfectly competitive, nontradable, or export industries. They test the hypothesis using establishment-level panel data from three countries with periods of liberalization. The data provide only mixed support for the idea that trade liberalization has an impact on own-wage elasticities. No consistent patterns emerge. If globalization is making the lives of workers more insecure, it is probably working through some other mechanism.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729383/labor-demand-trade-reform-latin-america
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2491
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19777
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2491
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT PERIOD
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT PROCESS
dc.subjectAVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subjectBALANCE OF PAYMENTS
dc.subjectCAPITAL GOODS
dc.subjectCAPITAL INPUTS
dc.subjectCARTEL
dc.subjectCHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subjectCOLLUSION
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKET
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCOST FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectCURRENCY
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVES
dc.subjectDEMAND ELASTICITIES
dc.subjectDEMAND ELASTICITY
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC INDUSTRY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectDUMPING
dc.subjectDUOPOLY
dc.subjectDYNAMIC PANEL
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF DEMAND
dc.subjectELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPORT INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFACTOR DEMAND
dc.subjectFACTOR PRICES
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectHETEROSKEDASTICITY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectIMPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subjectIMPORT PENETRATION
dc.subjectIMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR COSTS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET VOLATILITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLAGGED DEPENDENT
dc.subjectLDCS
dc.subjectLIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARGINAL COSTS
dc.subjectMARGINAL REVENUE
dc.subjectMARKET BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMARKET RISK
dc.subjectMARKET STRUCTURE
dc.subjectMONOPOLY RENTS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE CORRELATION
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectOLIGOPOLY
dc.subjectOPEN TRADE REGIME
dc.subjectOUTPUT ELASTICITY
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY VARIABLES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROCESS OF LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFIT MARGINS
dc.subjectPROPORTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subjectPROTECTIONISM
dc.subjectQUOTAS
dc.subjectRANDOM EFFECTS
dc.subjectRANDOM WALK
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRELATIVE WAGES
dc.subjectRETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectREVENUE CURVE
dc.subjectSCALE EFFECT
dc.subjectSERIAL CORRELATION
dc.subjectSPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectSTOCKS
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION ELASTICITIES
dc.subjectSUPPLY CURVE
dc.subjectSUPPLY CURVES
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectTARIFF PROTECTION
dc.subjectTARIFF RATE
dc.subjectTARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectTOTAL COSTS
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE DATA
dc.subjectTRADE DEFICIT
dc.subjectTRADE FLOWS
dc.subjectTRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE OPENNESS
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE REFORM
dc.subjectTRADE REFORMS
dc.subjectTRADE REGIMES
dc.subjectTURNOVER
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectVOLUNTARY EXPORT RESTRAINTS
dc.subjectWAGE CHANGES
dc.subjectWAGE INEQUALITY
dc.titleLabor Demand and Trade Reform in Latin Americaen
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okr.date.disclosure2000-11-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T07:19:55.676344Z
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729383/labor-demand-trade-reform-latin-america
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid180321468743665384
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2491
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_00121302021363
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum729383
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.themeTrade and integration
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Improving labor markets
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.unitPoverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region
okr.volume1
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