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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Autor principal: Kankwamba, Henry
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Labour Organization 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138827
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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.
spellingShingle trade
economic growth
tariff agreements
unemployment
female labour
Kankwamba, Henry
Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi
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
title_full_unstemmed Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi
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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