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Trade liberalisation in Brazil: Creating or exporting jobs?

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  • Mauricio Mesquita Moreira
  • Sheila Najberg

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Using the growth accounting and factor content approaches, this article looks at the impact of trade liberalisation on the structure and level of employment in Brazil over the 1990-97 period. The results support the argument that trade liberalisation in developing countries have a negative short-term impact on employment — relatively small in Brazil's case - which tends to be outweighed, in the long run, by a more labour-intensive output mix.

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  • Mauricio Mesquita Moreira & Sheila Najberg, 2000. "Trade liberalisation in Brazil: Creating or exporting jobs?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(3), pages 78-99.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:36:y:2000:i:3:p:78-99
    DOI: 10.1080/00220380008422629
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