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| Title: | Labour Market Effects of Trade Liberalisation: The Case of Mauritius |
| Authors: | Ramessur, Taruna Shalini
Durbarry, Ramesh |
| Keywords: | trade liberalisation
poverty alleviation |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Abstract: | This article uses a partial equilibrium approach to measure the impact of trade liberalisation on the demand elasticity of labour in the apparel industry in Mauritius, a sector where, in general, those in the work force are poor. The findings reveal that there is no evidence that trade liberalisation has increased the overall labour demand elasticity with respect to wages, though it has increased the demand elasticity for female workers. We further examine the relationship between trade liberalisation measures and characteristics of poor households and find that the overall results are mixed and inconclusive, probably due to the high level of data aggregation.
Keywords: trade liberalisation, poverty alleviation |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/54588 |
| Identifiers: | 1496-5208 |
| Institution/Association: | Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy>Volume 10, Number 2, Summer 2009 |
| Total Pages: | 11 |
| From Page: | 30 |
| To Page: | 40 |
| Collections: | Volume 10, Number 2, Summer 2009
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