Trade Liberalization and Employment

Eddy Lee

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper reviews both multi-country and country studies on the impact of trade liberalization on growth and employment in developing countries. These studies reveal sharply contrasting effects of trade liberalization on employment, suggesting that country-specific and contingent factors are important. In particular, differences in how trade liberalization is implemented are particularly important. In order to be successful, trade liberalization needs to be embedded within a coherent set of macroeconomic, structural and social policies.

Keywords: employment; wage differentials; trade liberalization; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 F16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2005-10
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