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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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