Mostrar el registro sencillo del ítem
dc.contributor.author
Acosta, Pablo Ariel
dc.contributor.author
Montes Rojas, Gabriel Victorio
dc.date.available
2018-02-08T21:25:03Z
dc.date.issued
2014-08
dc.identifier.citation
Acosta, Pablo Ariel; Montes Rojas, Gabriel Victorio; Informal Jobs and Trade Liberalisation in Argentina; Routledge; Journal of Development Studies; 50; 8; 8-2014; 1104-1118
dc.identifier.issn
0022-0388
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/11336/36255
dc.description.abstract
Rapid trade liberalisation can exert profound effects on labour markets. Domestic firms, to sustain competitiveness for survival, could react by cutting labour benefits to achieve cost reductions. Alternatively, trade liberalisation may alter the industry composition of firms, changing the aggregate formality rates. This paper studies the relationship between trade liberalisation and informality in Argentina. Using manufacturing industry-level data for 1992-2003, the results confirm the hypothesis that trade increases informality in industries that experience sudden foreign competition. This explains about a third of the increase in informality. Sectors with higher investment ratios are able to neutralise and reverse this effect.
dc.format
application/pdf
dc.language.iso
eng
dc.publisher
Routledge
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subject
Trade Liberalization
dc.subject
Argentina
dc.subject.classification
Economía, Econometría
dc.subject.classification
Economía y Negocios
dc.subject.classification
CIENCIAS SOCIALES
dc.title
Informal Jobs and Trade Liberalisation in Argentina
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type
info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.date.updated
2018-02-07T20:35:03Z
dc.journal.volume
50
dc.journal.number
8
dc.journal.pagination
1104-1118
dc.journal.pais
Reino Unido
dc.description.fil
Fil: Acosta, Pablo Ariel. The World Bank; Estados Unidos
dc.description.fil
Fil: Montes Rojas, Gabriel Victorio. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.journal.title
Journal of Development Studies
dc.relation.alternativeid
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.919381
Archivos asociados