TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Rodriguez, Jaime Alfonso Roche
AU  - Robertson, Raymond
AU  - Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
AU  - Zárate, Daniela Ruiz
        TI  - Trade Liberalization and Local Labor Markets in Morocco
        PY  - 2023/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16213
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16213
        AB  - Morocco's trade liberalization policies have promoted economic progress over the past two decades. However, effects on Morocco's local labor market outcomes vary. By combining three complementary approaches and modeling techniques, this paper estimates: (i) how trade agreements have increased trade flows, (ii) the relationship between trade exposure and mixed local labor market outcomes, and (iii) the relationship between firm employment and exports. Our results show that trade policy has increased trade flows, but this has led to mixed results for workers: increased trade has decreased informality but has failed to improve female labor force participation (FLFP). This appears to be due to a shift from female labor-intensive industries, such as apparel and textile sectors, to capital-intensive sectors that are predominantly male-intensive. Our firm level analysis confirms these results by showing that increase in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, labor-intensive sectors.
        KW  - trade policy
KW  - trade flows
KW  - labor market outcomes
KW  - firm dynamics
        ER  -