Long-Run Effects of Trade Liberalization on Local Labor Markets : Evidence from South Africa
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چکیده
This paper uses municipal-level data from South Africa for the period 1996–2011 to estimate medium long-run effects of trade liberalization on local labor markets. It finds that markets were more exposed tariff cuts tended experience slower growth in employment and income per capita than less regions. The longer-term regional earnings are stronger medium-term effects, tend be pronounced among municipalities included former homelands.
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عنوان ژورنال: World Bank policy research working paper
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1813-9450']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9686