Levy Economics Institute Presents
How Does Trade Liberalization Affect Racial and Gender Inequality in Employment? Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Blithewood
Bilge Erten will present a paper she co-authored with Fiona Tregenna, entitled, “How Does Trade Liberalization Affect Racial and Gender Inequality in Employment? Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa.” Bilge will discuss how rapid trade liberalization can hurt disadvantaged groups, with findings based on a study of the effects of liberalization on the racial and gender composition of employment in South Africa in the mid-1990s, which found that African and female workers were particularly affected, and that districts that were exposed to a higher loss of protection experienced larger employment losses than comparable districts. The effects of liberalization on local employment are identified by exploiting the variation in tariffs across industries and in industrial composition across regions.Levy Economics Institute
Blithewood
1st Floor Conference Room
April 2nd, 11:00am
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Location: Blithewood