Trade Liberalisation Does Not Always Raise Wage Premia: Evidence from Ugandan Districts
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- Cali, Massimiliano, 2012. "Trade liberalisation does not always raise wage premia: evidence from Ugandan districts," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59247, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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Returns to education; wage inequality; Uganda; trade; market reforms;JEL classification:
- F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-07-08 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2012-07-08 (All new papers)
- NEP-INT-2012-07-08 (International Trade)
- NEP-LAB-2012-07-08 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-07-08 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
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