Ex-post evaluation of the employment effects of a preferential trade agreement : methodological issues, illustrated with a reference to Chile
- SantiagoCL CEPAL 2005
- 65 p.
Discusses the major methodological issues relating to some key studies assessing the employment effects of a particular preferential trade agreement (PTA) using different methodologies. Focuses on an accounting model for decomposing the ex-post employment performance as related to Latin America Preferential Trade Agreements proposing this method to evaluate the Chile-Mexico PTA as an illustration.