Protection, Openness and Factor Adjustment : Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Uruguay

Protection, Openness and Factor Adjustment : Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Uruguay

The authors use a panel of manufacturing firms to analyze the adjustment process in capital blue collar and white collar employment in Uruguay during a period of trade liberalization when average tariff protection fell from 43 to 14 percent. They calculate the desired factor levels arising from a co...

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Main Authors: Casacuberta, Carlos, Gandelman, Néstor
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE VALUE
ADJUSTMENT COST
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AVERAGE TARIFF
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL INPUTS
CAPITAL STOCK
CLERKS
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COST FUNCTIONS
CREATING JOBS
DEMAND SHOCKS
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEREGULATION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT LEVEL
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXOGENOUS SHOCK
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPORT BIAS
EXPORT MARKET
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORT SHARES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TARIFF
FACTOR GROWTH
FACTOR LEVELS
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FISCAL POLICIES
FIXED COSTS
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GDP
GROSS OUTPUT
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORT TARIFFS
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB DESTRUCTION RATES
LABOR ADJUSTMENT
LABOR SHORTAGES
LABOR UNIONS
LEVELS OF CAPITAL
LOCAL FIRMS
MARGINAL COST
OPENNESS
OPTIMIZATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
PROTECTIONIST POLICIES
READERS
RELATIVE PRICES
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF LEVELS
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TOTAL COSTS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE BLOCK
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION PROCESS
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REFORM
TRAINING COST
TRAINING COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNILATERAL TARIFF REDUCTION
UPWARD SHIFT
WAGES
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS
WORKER
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6731296/protection-openness-factor-adjustment-evidence-manufacturing-sector-uruguay
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8720

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6731296/protection-openness-factor-adjustment-evidence-manufacturing-sector-uruguay
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8720

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