Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia
This article examines the impact of trade openness on wage inequality in Malaysia during the period 1984–1997. Malaysia has operated a very open trade regime since the 1960s and has pursued aggressive import substitution and export supporting policies. This development strategy is very different to...
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| description | This article examines the impact of trade openness on wage inequality in Malaysia during the period 1984–1997. Malaysia has operated a very open trade regime since the 1960s and has pursued aggressive import substitution and export supporting policies. This development strategy is very different to that adopted in many other emerging economies where trade liberalisation has been associated with greater wage inequality. The aim of the present study is to examine whether Malaysia's more open approach to international trade has had a similar effect on wage inequality. The results suggest, in fact, that this is not the case. |
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| spelling | upm-283012015-10-09T00:47:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28301/ Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia McNabb, Robert Said, Rusmawati This article examines the impact of trade openness on wage inequality in Malaysia during the period 1984–1997. Malaysia has operated a very open trade regime since the 1960s and has pursued aggressive import substitution and export supporting policies. This development strategy is very different to that adopted in many other emerging economies where trade liberalisation has been associated with greater wage inequality. The aim of the present study is to examine whether Malaysia's more open approach to international trade has had a similar effect on wage inequality. The results suggest, in fact, that this is not the case. Routledge 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28301/1/Trade%20openness%20and%20wage%20inequality.pdf McNabb, Robert and Said, Rusmawati (2013) Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia. Journal of Development Studies, 49 (8). pp. 1118-1132. ISSN 0022-0388; ESSN: 1743-9140 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2013.794263 10.1080/00220388.2013.794263 |
| spellingShingle | McNabb, Robert Said, Rusmawati Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title | Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title_full | Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title_short | Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia |
| title_sort | trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for malaysia |
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