The Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Employment and Wages in Tunisian Industries

Ilham Haouas (), Mahmoud Yagoubi and Almas Heshmati ()

No DP2002-102, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage equations are estimated using data (1971-96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that causality is unidirectional. Wages strongly causes employment but employment does not cause wages. There is significant difference in the direction of responses in the short and long-run. Results from empirical testing using the models find only support for the short-run theoretical predictions for the exportable sector.

Keywords: International trade; Labour market; Manufacturing; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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Journal Article: The impacts of trade liberalization on employment and wages in Tunisian industries (2005)
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