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Exports to Jobs: Morocco’s Trade Patterns and Local Labor Market Outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorRoche Rodriguez, Jaime Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Acevedo, Gladys
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Raymond
dc.contributor.authorZárate, Daniela Ruiz
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-07T17:52:33Z
dc.date.available2023-11-07T17:52:33Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-07
dc.description.abstractMorocco’s trade liberalization policies coincided with macroeconomic growth over the past two decades. The relationship between trade liberalization and individual-level labor market outcomes, however, are not well understood. By combining three complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates (i) the relationship between trade agreements and trade flows, (ii) the relationship between trade exposure and various local labor market outcomes, and (iii) the relationship between firm employment and exports. The results show that tariffs have fallen and trade as a share of gross domestic product has increased. Morocco’s trade agreements, however, are not always associated with higher trade flows. Furthermore, trade has led to mixed results for workers. Increased trade has decreased informality but may have adversely affected female labor force participation. Trade liberalization seems to have induced a shift from female labor-intensive industries, such as apparel, to capital-intensive sectors that are predominantly male-intensive. The firm-level analysis confirms these results by showing that increases in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, capital-intensive sectors.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099816511062330271/IDU00b69230f03adb04b7608cd80f3e08b2ce869
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10595
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40578
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10595
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGENDERED EMPLOYMENT AND EXPORTS
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION POLICY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOME
dc.subjectFIRM DYNAMICS
dc.titleExports to Jobsen
dc.title.subtitleMorocco’s Trade Patterns and Local Labor Market Outcomesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleExports to Jobs: Morocco’s Trade Patterns and Local Labor Market Outcomes
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-06
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099816511062330271/IDU00b69230f03adb04b7608cd80f3e08b2ce869
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10595
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10595
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34192225
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryMorocco
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Liberalization
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Labor
okr.unitEFI-MNA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EMNPV)
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