Hecksher-Ohlin model predicts that gains to trade should flow to abundant factors, which suggests that in developing countries, unskilled labor would benefit most from trade liberalization. The rising skill-premium in the US is often cited in support of standard trade theory. However, these predictions have been challenged by Cunat and Maffezzoli (2001) and Kremer and Maskin (2003). According t...

The liberalization of world trade has led to a significant increase in agricultural trade, which brought light various environmental externalities, including climate change, deforestation, and water pollution. While economic studies tend overlook the effects liberalization, recent research shown growing interest related aspects. As such, it is crucial conduct comprehensive analysis impacts libe...

Reducing income inequality in Africa rests on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth and convergence. Liberalizing trade has emerged as a force of TFP Notwithstanding increasing trade, is falling while the differences rates remain wide. We provide evidence impact liberalization examine by origin, disaggregated into intra-Africa, rest-of-the-world trade. Also, we recognize uniquenes...

This paper investigates the effects of changes in prices and wages, which may be caused by trade liberalization, on the micro behavior of farmers, in particular, on the use of agrochemicals and parttime farming. I demonstrate that a small decrease in the price of an agricultural product decreases the use of agrochemicals if there are no arable land rental transactions. On the other hand, if a c...

Morocco is about to start implementing an Association Agreement with the European Union (AAEU) at the same time as the country adjusts its trade policies to conform to WTO rules. A major policy question facing Morocco's policy makers is whether and to what extent they should pursue additional unilateral trade liberalization. Given that Morocco's agriculture currently enjoys substantial protecti...

Trade liberalization plays a vital role in the growth of any economy. However, trade Pakistan is not yet investigated. The main purpose current study to evaluate effect on enhancement agricultural development Pakistan. secondary data for 45 years from 1972 2016 have been drawn World Development Indicator and Economic survey. unit root tests, i.e., Augmented Dicky Fuller (ADF) Phillips Perron (P...

Available online 8 October 2011 We examine the effects of trade and services liberalization on wage inequality in India. We find that labor reallocations and wage shifts attributable to liberalization account for at most 29% of the increase in inequality between 1993 and 2004, and that the effects of services reforms are many times larger than those of trade liberalization. In contrast, 30–66% ...