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Aid for Trade and Employment in Developing Countries: An Empirical Evidence
Author(s) -
Gnang Sèna Kimm
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/labr.12139
Subject(s) - panel data , developing country , sample (material) , economics , generalized method of moments , empirical evidence , developed country , panel analysis , empirical research , demographic economics , labour economics , international economics , econometrics , economic growth , demography , population , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , sociology
This article examines the employment impact of Aid for Trade (AfT) flows to recipient countries. The analysis has used an unbalanced panel dataset comprising 126 countries, of which 42 Least developed countries ( LDC s) over the period 2002–15. Based on the two‐step system Generalized Methods of Moments approach, the empirical analysis shows that over the full sample, AfT has exerted a positive and significant effect on total (male and female) employment share, as well as on female employment share, but no significant effect on male employment share. However, these effects are not the same in LDC economies versus non‐ LDC economies.