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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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Main Authors: McNabb, Robert, Said, Rusmawati
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Language:English
Published: Routledge 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28301/1/Trade%20openness%20and%20wage%20inequality.pdf
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2013.794263
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spelling my.upm.eprints.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
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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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title Trade openness and wage inequality: evidence for Malaysia
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28301/1/Trade%20openness%20and%20wage%20inequality.pdf
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