Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports : Evidence from Bangladesh

Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports : Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper studies how a positive export shock -- the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) -- spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably exo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robertson, Raymond, Kokas, Deeksha, Cardozo, Diego, Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET
APPAREL EXPORTS
WAGE INEQUALITY
STOLPER-SAMUELSON
MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT
INFORMALITY
EXPORT SHOCK
TRADE SHOCK
MULTI-FIBER ARRANGEMENT
MFA
GARMENT INDUSTRY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/545471583761343054/Short-and-Long-Run-Labor-Market-Effects-of-Developing-Country-Exports-Evidence-from-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33425

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/545471583761343054/Short-and-Long-Run-Labor-Market-Effects-of-Developing-Country-Exports-Evidence-from-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33425

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