UNU-WIDER Trade with China and India and Manufacturing Labour Demand in Argentina
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Trade with China and India and Manufacturing Labour Demand in Argentina
For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two ‘mighty giants’ on the region’s manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade with China and India on Argentina’s industrial employment. We use a dynamic econometric model and industry level data to estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina’s manufacturing sector. Results suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade liberalization of the 1990s.
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- WIDER Research Paper
- Volume:
- 2008/108
- Title:
- Trade with China and India and Manufacturing Labour Demand in Argentina
- Authors:
- Lucio Castro and Daniel Saslavsky
- Publication date:
- December 2008
- ISSN Web:
- 1810-2611
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 9789292301668
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2008
- Keywords:
- China, Latin America, trade, import competition, trade and labour market interactions, employment
- JEL:
- F14, F15, F16, F17, L60
- Project:
- Southern Engines of Global Growth
- Sponsor:
- The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency — Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
- Format:
- online