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dc.contributor.authorFIORINI, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorHOEKMAN, Bernard M.
dc.contributor.authorMALGOUYRES, Clément
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-06T13:55:31Z
dc.date.available2018-12-06T13:55:31Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationWorld economy, 2018, Vol. 41, No. 9, pp. 2320-2348
dc.identifier.issn0378-5920
dc.identifier.issn1467-9701en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/59961
dc.descriptionFirst published: 05 September 2018en
dc.description.abstractPolicy reforms targeting the services sectors are a neglected dimension of the process of structural transformation and economic development. The effects of such reforms on employment across industries as a function of their use of services as intermediate inputs are theoretically ambiguous and remain largely understudied. This paper uses sector-level data for 24 transition economies for the 1990-2012 period to assess the impacts of services policy reforms on downstream manufacturing employment. We find a negative effect of services reforms on manufacturing sector employment. This is mostly associated with the process of transition to a market-based economy. Controlling for transition-specific dynamics, the data suggest a neutral effect of progress towards adopting best practice policies for upstream services on employment in downstream manufacturing. Furthermore, in line with the extant literature, we confirm that services policy reforms enhance productivity of downstream manufacturing industries. Finally, we find that the negative effects on downstream employment are mitigated in countries with better economic governance and human capital.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.ispartofWorld economy
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectServices policy
dc.subjectTransition economies
dc.subjectFirm-level dataen
dc.subjectProductivity evidenceen
dc.subjectTrade liberalizationen
dc.subjectIntermediate inputsen
dc.subjectGrowthen
dc.subjectPricesen
dc.subjectImpacten
dc.subjectIndiaen
dc.subjectRegulationsen
dc.subjectUSen
dc.titleServices policy reform and manufacturing employment : evidence from transition economies
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/twec.12710
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.identifier.startpage2320
dc.identifier.endpage2348
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dc.identifier.issue9


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