Author: Mona HaddadPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
How Trade Liberalization Affected Productivity in Morocco
Author: Mona HaddadPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Multi-factor Productivity
Author: Muná HạddādTrade Liberalization, Industrial Structural Change, and Productivity Growth
Author: Myriam BenlamlihPublisher:
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Category : Industrial productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Morocco's Free Trade Agreement with the European Community
Author: Thomas F. RutherfordPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Trade Liberalization, Factor Market Flexibility and Growth
Author: Allen Curtis DennisPublisher:
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Category : Acceso a los mercados
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
In recent years there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of complementary policies in enhancing the benefits of a more open trade regime. This study focuses on the importance of factor market flexibility to trade reforms. Using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model and database, the results show that the welfare impact of trade reform is contingent on the flexibility of factor markets, with higher welfare gains occurring where factor markets are more flexible, and vice-versa. Defining two extreme factor market scenarios over Morocco and Tunisia, the author finds that the welfare gains of trade reforms under conditions of flexible factor markets can be as much as six times the gains compared with a rigid factor market scenario. This is so because whereas trade reforms may improve the incentive structure for resource reallocation, the extent to which resources move from less efficient to more efficient sectors of an economy is dependent on the degree of flexibility of factor markets.
Trade liberalization, employment and migration some simulations for Morocco
Author: Riccardo FainiTrade Liberalization and Local Labor Markets in Morocco
Author: Jaime Alfonso Roche RodriguezPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Morocco's trade liberalization policies have promoted economic progress over the past two decades. However, effects on Morocco's local labor market outcomes vary. By combining three complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) how trade agreements have increased trade flows, (ii) the relationship between trade exposure and mixed local labor market outcomes, and (iii) the relationship between firm employment and exports. Our results show that trade policy has increased trade flows, but this has led to mixed results for workers: increased trade has decreased informality but has failed to improve female labor force participation (FLFP). This appears to be due to a shift from female labor-intensive industries, such as apparel and textile sectors, to capital-intensive sectors that are predominantly male-intensive. Our firm level analysis confirms these results by showing that increase in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, labor-intensive sectors.
Exports to Improve Women's Economic Opportunities in Morocco
Author: Jaime Alfonso Roche RodriguezPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Morocco's trade liberalization policies coincided with macroeconomic growth over the past two decades. The relationship between trade liberalization and individual-level labor-market outcomes, however, are not well understood. By combining three complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) the relationship between trade agreements and trade flows, (ii) the relationship between trade exposure and various local labor market outcomes, and (iii) the relationship between firm employment and exports. Our results show that tariffs have fallen and trade, as a share of GDP has increased. Morocco's trade agreements, however, are not always associated with higher trade flows. Furthermore, trade has led to mixed results for workers. Increased trade has decreased informality but may have adversely affected female labor force participation (FLFP). Trade liberalization seems to have induced a shift from female labor-intensive industries, such as apparel, to capital-intensive sectors that are predominantly male-intensive. Our firm level analysis confirms these results by showing that increasing in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, capital-intensive sectors. Labor-abundant countries might want to provide incentives to labor-intensive industries rather than only supporting capital-intensive ones - especially in industries where women typically perform the labor-intensive jobs. It is important to note that we focus mainly on the labor demand side. Policies related to the supply side should also be weighed to create incentives for females to join the labor force, such as policies addressing social norms, regulation, and barriers to job mobility.
The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization
Author: Antonella BassaniEconomic Integration in the Maghreb
Author: Mr.Alexei P KireyevPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484378377
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Individual countries of the Maghreb have achieved substantial progress on trade, but, as a region they remain the least integrated in the world. The share of intraregional trade is less than 5 percent of their total trade, substantially lower than in all other regional trading blocs around the world. Geopolitical considerations and restrictive economic policies have stifled regional integration. Economic policies have been guided by country-level considerations, with little attention to the region, and are not coordinated. Restrictions on trade and capital flows remain substantial and constrain regional integration for the private sector.