Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45156 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/108
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two mighty giants on the region's manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade with China and India on Argentina's industrial employment. We use a dynamic econometric model and industry level data to estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina's manufacturing sector. Results suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade liberalization of the 1990s.
Subjects: 
China
Latin America
trade
import competition
trade and labour market interactions
employment
JEL: 
F14
F15
F16
F17
L60
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-166-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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