Long-Run Effects of Trade Liberalization on Local Labor Markets

• Tác giả: Paulo Bastos
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 331.1 Labor force and market
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 327567
• Chủ đề: 1. EMPLOYMENT; 2. LABOR MARKET; 3. LONG-TERM EFFECT; 4. TRADE LIBERALIZATION; 5. TRADE SHOCK

Tóm tắt

This paper uses municipal-level data from South Africa for the period 1996-2011 to estimate the medium to long-run effects of trade liberalization on local labor markets. It finds that local labor markets that were more exposed to tariff cuts tended to experience slower growth in employment and income per capita than less exposed regions. The longer-term effects of trade liberalization on regional earnings are stronger than the medium-term effects, and tend to be more pronounced among municipalities that included the former homelands.