Exporting and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Georgia (English)

Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the share of exports in total sales, to explore whether changes in the structure of sales (exporting versus selling to the domestic market) matter for labor market outcomes. The methodology uses exogenous fluctuations in exchange rates combined with firms' initial exposure to various markets as instrumental variables to identify a causal...

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Hollweg,Claire Honore;

Ong Lopez,Anne Beline Chua;
Document Date
2020/10/08
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9432
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Georgia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/10/08
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Exporting and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Georgia
Keywords
trade and investment

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Hollweg,Claire Honore; Ong Lopez,Anne Beline Chua.

Exporting and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Georgia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9432 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/739141602168664927

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