Browsing by Author "Munshi, Farzana"
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Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? Panel data evidence from Bangladesh
This paper provides panel data evidence on trade liberalization and wage inequality in Bangladesh. Using several standard econometric models, wage equations for skilled and unskilled workers in the formal manufacturing ... -
Globalisation and inter-occupational inequality: Empirical evidence from OECD countries
How does globalisation affect inter-occupational wage inequality within countries? This paper examines this by focusing on two dimensions of globalisation: openness to trade and openness to capital flows, using a relatively ... -
Impact of change in labor composition on the gender wage gap of host countries
(BRAC University, 2018-09)According to economic theory, gender wage gap is influenced by changing labor composition, whenever the laborers in the labor market are active and employed. The supply of female laborers can impact the gender wage gap in ... -
Impact of foreign direct investment and trade openness on economic growth of Bangladesh: an empirical analysis
(Brac University, 2019-08)This paper assesses the relationship between FDI, international trade and economic growth of Bangladesh in the presence of macroeconomic instability, by empirically analyzing available data over the time period of 1980 ... -
Impact of manufacturing industry specific FDI inflow on economic growth
(BRAC University, 2018-09)Investment is hailed as the primary proponent of growth in all economies which makes Foreign Direct Investment inflow a necessary and important part of growth analysis. The FDI decision however depends on the innovation ... -
Offshoring and occupational wages: some empirical evidence
Offshoring has changed the pattern of international competition; labor in specific occupations rather than whole firms and sectors are now facing competition. Accordingly, wages in offshorable occupations are affected in ... -
Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
(© 2019 Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019-02-13)We study transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey in Bangladesh. Workers transitioning between jobs are most likely to remain in the same ... -
Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
(© 2017 RAND Corporation, 2017-07)We document transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey of 2,000 workers in two metropolitan areas of Bangladesh. We find that workers transitioning ... -
Unemployment with Educational Attainments in Lower Middle Income Countries: 1994-2017
(BRAC University, 2018-09)This paper empirically investigates how the overall unemployment rate in lower middle income countries is augmented by labor forces with different level of educational attainments by focusing on three distinguished level ...
