Essays about: "Jonas Cederlöf"

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  1. 1. Are the labor market conditions causing the terms of trade to deteriorate? : A statistical evaluation of the Prebisch- Singer hypothesis.

    University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonas Cederlöf; [2012]
    Keywords : Terms of trade; Prebisch-Singer hypothesis; Marginal effect of unemployment;

    Abstract : The study examines to what extent weak labor unions and an abundance of labor have a negative effect on less developed countries terms of trade, as hypothesized by Hans Singer (1950) and Rául Prebisch (1950). Using a sample from panel data for 74 less developed countries during the period 1980 – 2010 in OLS-regressions with fixed effects, I find some evidence that weak labor unions and abundance of labor is negatively correlated with the terms of trade, which could be interpreted in favor of the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis. READ MORE