Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras
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Keywords
Trade liberalization; maquila; poverty; gender wage gap; Honduras;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2009-02-14 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2009-02-14 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2009-02-14 (Central and South America)
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