Trade liberalization and labor demand elasticities : 14 evidence from Turkey
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22 In the recent debate over the impact of trade reform on factor markets, it has been argued 23 that trade liberalization will lead to an increase in labor-demand elasticities — thus placing 24 labor markets under increased pressure. Using Turkish plant-level data spanning the course 25 of a dramatic trade liberalization, we test this idea. However, we are unable to find any 26 empirical support for this supposed theoretical link: in most of the industries we consider, 27 we cannot reject the hypothesis of no relationship between trade openness and labor28 demand elasticities. 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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