Informal Jobs and Trade Liberalisation in Argentina
研究了阿根廷1992-2003年间贸易自由化对制造业非正规就业的影响，发现突然面临外国竞争的行业非正规就业增加，解释了约三分之一的非正规就业增长，而高投资行业能抵消此效应。
Rapid trade liberalisation can exert profound effects on labour markets. Domestic firms, to sustain competitiveness for survival, could react by cutting labour benefits to achieve cost reductions. Alternatively, trade liberalisation may alter the industry composition of firms, changing the aggregate formality rates. This paper studies the relationship between trade liberalisation and informality in Argentina. Using manufacturing industry-level data for 1992-2003, the results confirm the hypothesis that trade increases informality in industries that experience sudden foreign competition. This explains about a third of the increase in informality. Sectors with higher investment ratios are able to neutralise and reverse this effect.