Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314714 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11675
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines how trade liberalization-induced labor demand shocks affect wages and non-wage working conditions. Using exogenous trade shocks from EU enlargement and worker-level data, we find that export liberalization increases temporary contracts and atypical work schedules, particularly for production workers. However, it has no significant effect on wages, which may reflect firms' ability to expand employment without raising pay due to labor supply elasticity and unemployment. Import liberalization weakly affects working conditions but, consistent with previous studies, lowers wages as firms face stronger competition and reduced labor demand.
Subjects: 
temporary contracts
working conditions
wages
employment
Eastern European enlargement
trade liberalization
JEL: 
F15
F16
J30
J51
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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