تيسير التجارة و العمالة : أدلة تجريبية من الاقتصادات ذات الدخل المتوسط

الملخص EN

In This paper, we analyze the relationship between trade facilitation and the employment rate for a sample of 24 Lower-middle-income countries during the time (2007-2019).

We define and measure trade facilitation by: the burden of customs procedures index, shipping connectivity, Quality of port infrastructure index, and Container port traffic.

We estimate the relationship between these variables and the employment rate using the panel data approach by applying three models: the Poold Regression Model (PRM), the Fixed Effects Model (FRM), and the Rondom Effects Model (RRM).

We found that, with the exception of Quality of port infrastructure index, which was not statistically significant, all other trade facilitation variables have an adverse effect on the employment rate at the 1% significant level.