Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi
This chapter explores the impact of tariff increases on female unemployment and the agricultural sector in Malawi. Combining a standard general equilibrium model with a top-down behavioural microsimulation, the author finds that a move towards trade restrictions would destroy over 1 million jobs in...
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International Labour Organization
2023
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| author | Kankwamba, Henry |
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| description | This chapter explores the impact of tariff increases on female unemployment and the agricultural sector in Malawi. Combining a standard general equilibrium model with a top-down behavioural microsimulation, the author finds that a move towards trade restrictions would destroy over 1 million jobs in the country, affecting primarily women across the labour market but more markedly in agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1388272024-11-07T09:50:25Z Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi Kankwamba, Henry trade economic growth tariff agreements unemployment female labour This chapter explores the impact of tariff increases on female unemployment and the agricultural sector in Malawi. Combining a standard general equilibrium model with a top-down behavioural microsimulation, the author finds that a move towards trade restrictions would destroy over 1 million jobs in the country, affecting primarily women across the labour market but more markedly in agriculture. 2023-11-27 2024-02-01T21:52:31Z 2024-02-01T21:52:31Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138827 en Open Access International Labour Organization Kankwamba, Henry. 2024. Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi. In Integrating trade and decent work. Volume 1: Has trade led to better jobs? Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators, eds. Marva Corley-Coulibaly, Pelin Sekerler Richiardi and Franz Christian Ebert. Chapter 7, Pp. 209-238. |
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| title | Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi |
| title_full | Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi |
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| title_short | Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi |
| title_sort | gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in malawi |
| topic | trade economic growth tariff agreements unemployment female labour |
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