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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Labor Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1999

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Published Date October 1999
Type of Publication Reports
Publication Under SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG)
Accessed 1983
Pages 126

Description

This publication complements the report of the Economic Committee on the Impact of Trade Liberalization in APEC, November 1997. Both studies use simulations of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. The objective of this report is to present the quantitative analysis of the impact of trade liberalization in Asia-Pacific economies on the sectoral allocations of labor demand to compare the impact of liberalization on labor markets in different Asia-Pacific economies.

  • Acknowledgement
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Labor Markets in the APEC Economies: An Overview
  • The Asian Financial Crisis
  • The Progress of APEC Trade Liberalizations
  • Modeling the Impact of Trade Liberalization
  • The Results of the Simulation
  • Concluding Remarks and Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendices

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