Trade liberalization and labor demand elasticities: evidence from Turkey

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Krishna, P; Mitra, D; Chinoy, S
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; Florida International University; Brown University; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(01)00089-7
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 391-409
• 关键词: trade reforms; imperfect competition; factor demand elasticities; turkey

摘要

In the recent debate over the impact of trade reform on factor markets, it has been argued that trade liberalization will lead to an increase in labor-demand elasticities - thus placing labor markets under increased pressure. Using Turkish plant-level data spanning the course of a dramatic trade liberalization, we test this idea. However, we are unable to find any empirical support for this supposed theoretical link: in most of the industries we consider, we cannot reject the hypothesis of no relationship between trade openness and labor-demand elasticities. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.