Trade Liberalization, Firm Performance, and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World : What Can We Learn from Micro-Level Data?

reviews the micro-level evidence on the effects of trade and investment liberalization in the developing world. He focuses, in particular, on the effects of the 1991 trade reform in India since it provides an excellent controlled experiment in whic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Epifani, Paolo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGREGATE DEMAND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BILATERAL TARIFF CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL-OUTPUT RATIO COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSUMER PRICES DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DYNAMIC EFFECTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTERS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN STANDARDS FOREIGN TARIFF FREE ENTRY FREE TRADE FULL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORT-COMPETING SECTORS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASING COMPETITION INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LOCAL FIRMS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET STRUCTURE MEASURE OF TRADE NORMAL PROFITS PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE INDEX PRODUCERS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFIT MAXIMIZATION RATE OF INNOVATION REDUCTION IN TARIFFS RETURN ON CAPITAL RETURNS TO SCALE SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SPECIALIZATION STATIC EFFECTS TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TECHNICAL CHANGE TECHNICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE COSTS TRADE EFFECTS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LIBERALIZING TRADE MODELS TRADE POLICY TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TRADE THEORY UNEMPLOYMENT UNILATERAL TRADE UNILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE OF OUTPUT WAGE INEQUALITY WAGES WELFARE GAINS TRADE LIBERALIZATION SMALL & MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS INVESTMENT OPERATIONS REALLOCATION OF FUNDS RESOURCES MOBILIZATION RESOURCES UTILIZATION IMPORT LIBERALIZATION COMPETITIVENESS SPILLOVER EFFECTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITY OF DEMAND WAGE RATE WELFARE GAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2378823/trade-liberalization-firm-performance-labor-market-outcomes-developing-world-can-learn-micro-level-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18220