Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263078 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ILO Working Paper No. 12
Publisher: 
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
Abstract: 
The literature on the impact of trade on labour market outcomes has experienced a remarkable evolution in recent decades. Theory has moved on from oversimplified to more comprehensive models that take into account previously disregarded characteristics of firms and of product and labour markets, such as firm heterogeneity and labour market frictions. Thanks mainly to the availability of higher-quality data, greater computational capacity and improved econometric techniques, an increasing number of empirical studies provide valuable feedback that can be used for the continuous enhancement of the underlying theory. This working paper surveys the literature on the impact of international trade on firms and workers, presenting the main theoretical and methodological frameworks, including the assumptions on which these are based and the results obtained. It also discusses briefly the challenges that need to be addressed in future research, such as the collection of more and even higher-quality data, and the development of new statistical indicators that better reflect the dimensions of decent work.
Subjects: 
decent work
labour market
workers
globalization
enterprises
trade liberalization
developed countries
developing countries
ISBN: 
978-92-2-033424-9
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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