Regional trade and employment in ECOWAS

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Erik von Uexküll

Employment working paper, no. 114, ILO

2012

Abstract

trade

export

employment

labour productivity

regional cooperation

economic integration

ECOWAS

West Africa

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Title: Regional trade and employment in ECOWAS
Creators: Erik von Uexküll
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Sector.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2012
Series: Employment working paper; no. 114
Number of pages: viii, 39 p. :statistics
ISBN: 9789221261254; 9789221261261
ISSN: 1999-2939.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995218800402676
Table of contents: Introduction -- Background: regional trade in ECOWAS -- The classic trade perspective: regional vs. global comparative advantage and linkages with employment -- A "new new trade theory" approach: firm-level employment characteristiccs of regional exporters -- Conclusions.