Long-Run Effects of Trade Liberalization on Local Labor Markets : Evidence from South Africa
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 tende...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/133871622641025216/Long-Run-Effects-of-Trade-Liberalization-on-Local-Labor-Markets-Evidence-from-South-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35723 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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