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Title:Chinese imports competition’s impact on employment and the wage distribution : evidence from French local labor markets Author(s):MALGOUYRES, ClémentDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2014/12Abstract:The rapid rise of Chinese exports over the past two decades has raised concerns for manufacturing employment in high-income countries. Spill-overs beyond manufacturing are an important issue given the large size of the ...
Title:The Bali Trade Facilitation Agreement and rulemaking in the WTO : milestone, mistake or mirage? Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/102; Global Governance Programme-132Abstract:The Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) embodies the first set of new multilateral rules to have been negotiated under auspices of the WTO since the launch of the Doha Development Agenda, part of a small package of ...
Title:Urban Growth, Uninsured Risk and the Rural Origins of Aggregate Volatility Author(s):POELHEKKE, StevenDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2008/26Abstract:The level of urbanization has increased by over 5 percentage points per decade outside the developed world since 1960. Rapid urbanization was accompanied by fast economic growth and job creation in most parts of the ...