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The Gendered Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization

Evidence from Brazil

Isis Gaddis and Janneke Pieters
Journal of Human Resources, March 2017, 52 (2) 457-490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.2.1014-6690R1
Isis Gaddis
Isis Gaddis is a senior economist at the World Bank. Janneke Pieters is an assistant professor at Wageningen University and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor.
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Isis Gaddis is a senior economist at the World Bank. Janneke Pieters is an assistant professor at Wageningen University and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor.
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