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Figure 2.4.b: Long-run association between trade liberalization <strong>and</strong> real wages,<br />

developing countries<br />

Long diff. level change real wages<br />

(Constant 1984 U.S. dollars)<br />

0000 -5000 0 5000<br />

PER<br />

CRI<br />

IND<br />

BGR<br />

Fitted line<br />

PHLLKA<br />

PAK<br />

PAN<br />

TUR<br />

MAR<br />

UGA MEX<br />

URY UKR<br />

ALB<br />

HTI<br />

GHA<br />

IDN<br />

MUS BOL NPL<br />

SEN COL<br />

CHN<br />

THA<br />

ARG<br />

EGY<br />

GTM SLV<br />

ECU<br />

IRN<br />

BRA<br />

MDG<br />

POL<br />

JAM<br />

SYR<br />

NIC<br />

FJI<br />

ROM<br />

RUS<br />

LVA<br />

CHL<br />

MYS<br />

LTU<br />

CMR<br />

BWA<br />

LSOETH<br />

PRY<br />

BGD<br />

MWI TZA<br />

CAF HND<br />

KEN TUN<br />

JOR<br />

ZAF<br />

ZWE<br />

CIV<br />

Source: UNIDO INDSTAT2 (2009); Economic Freedom of the World (2009).<br />

Note: Wages refers <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>tal annual compensation received by workers as defined by UNIDO’s INDSTAT2 database.<br />

Import Penetration<br />

0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20<br />

Chapter 2: New evidence on trade <strong>and</strong> employment: An overview<br />

Figure 2.5: Import penetration <strong>and</strong> import penetration from low-wage countries <strong>to</strong> the<br />

United States, 1979-2002<br />

Import Penetration (IP)<br />

IP: Low Income Countries<br />

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000<br />

Year<br />

Source: Ebenstein et al. (2009).<br />

Note: Import penetration <strong>and</strong> import penetration from low-wage countries come from Bernard, Bradford Jensen <strong>and</strong> Schott (2006). We<br />

aggregate the industry-level data <strong>to</strong> an annual number using employment weights calculated from the Current Population Survey’s Outgoing<br />

Rotation Groups 1979-2002.<br />

VEN<br />

NGA<br />

PNG<br />

DZA<br />

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