Trade and employment in developing countries. Volume 1, Individual studies / edited by Anne O. Krueger ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krueger, Anne O.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research Monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade and employment--Developing countries.

Foreign trade and employment.

Developing countries--Commerce.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 548 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first book of a three-volume study examines the way trade policies in developing countries affect the level and composition of employment. There is special emphasis on the effects of import substitution policies that attempt to make a country self-sufficient by producing local substitutes for imports, as compared with policies that further the expansion of imports. Ten countries are studied: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay. The contributors to the volume analyze the link between trade strategies and employment within a common framework, and the analyses of trade policy include the level and structure of protection, the relation of trade policy to labor demand, the labor intensiveness of trade, and the extent of distortions in factor markets and their effects on trade.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Editors' Preface

1. The Framework of the Country Studies

2. Foreign Trade Strategies and Employment in Brazil

3. Alternative Trade Strategies and Employment Implications: Chile

5. Alternative Trade Strategies and Employment in Indonesia

6. Trade Strategies and Employment in the Ivory Coast

7. Trade Policies and Employment: The Case of Pakistan

8. Export Promotion and Employment Growth in South Korea

9. Trade Strategy for Employment Growth in Thailand

10. Alternative Trade Policies and Employment in Tunisia

11. Uruguay: Alternative Trade Strategies and Employment Implications

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"[Results] from the research project sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research on alternate trade strategies and employment."

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611223779

9781281223777

1281223778

9780226455037

0226455033

OCLC:

1135577759