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The impact of globalization on employment in the Philippines

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title The impact of globalization on employment in the Philippines
 
Creator Orbeta Jr., Aniceto C.; Philippine Institute for Development Studies
 
Subject globalization; trade; employment; Philippines
 
Description This paper presents one of the few empirical estimates of the impact of globalization, here represented by trade flows, on employment level and structure using Philippine data. Using both aggregate and sub-industry level manufacturing data, the paper shows that increases in the propensity to export shift the demand for labor upward. It also shows that the impact of the propensity to import on labor demand is unclear, yielding from significantly positive to insignificant coefficients. In terms of employment structure, the impact of openness on the proportion of women workers is not significant at the aggregate level; at the manufacturing sub-industry level, however, the increase in the propensity to export is a boon for women workers. Finally, increases in export propensity increase the proportion of low-skilled production workers both at the aggregate and manufacturing sub-industry level.
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 2010-10-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/573
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 39, No 2 (2002); 1-36
1655-1516
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/573/760
 
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