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Trade openness effects on informality and the real exchange rate channel

 

ABSTRACT

The theoretical frameworks that explain the impact of trade openness on informal employment suggest an ambiguous effect. This has been verified in a few countries, based solely on microeconometric evidence. This study contributes to the literature by specifying a macroeconometric relationship for a panel of 17 Latin American countries.

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Notes

1 The theoretical expression p0pl/p has an empirical counterpart: θ+τi.

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Funding

I am grateful for the support of the R4D project on Employment funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Development Cooperation. I thank Omar Alburqueque-Chávez for the excellent research assistance

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